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    Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews (Excerpt)

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    The passage describes the Reverend Mr. Adams lamenting the drowning of his youngest son. When told of his son's death, Adams is overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, unable to be consoled even by Joseph's attempts to comfort him using arguments from Adams' own sermons about conquering passion through reason and grace. Adams mourns the loss of his "little prattler, the darling and comfort of his old age." However, his grief turns to surprise and joy when his son, alive, appears before him in a wet condition.

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    The passage describes the Reverend Mr. Adams lamenting the drowning of his youngest son. When told of his son's death, Adams is overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, unable to be consoled even by Joseph's attempts to comfort him using arguments from Adams' own sermons about conquering passion through reason and grace. Adams mourns the loss of his "little prattler, the darling and comfort of his old age." However, his grief turns to surprise and joy when his son, alive, appears before him in a wet condition.

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    The passage describes the Reverend Mr. Adams lamenting the drowning of his youngest son. When told of his son's death, Adams is overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, unable to be consoled even by Joseph's attempts to comfort him using arguments from Adams' own sermons about conquering passion through reason and grace. Adams mourns the loss of his "little prattler, the darling and comfort of his old age." However, his grief turns to surprise and joy when his son, alive, appears before him in a wet condition.

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    Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews (Excerpt)

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    The passage describes the Reverend Mr. Adams lamenting the drowning of his youngest son. When told of his son's death, Adams is overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, unable to be consoled even by Joseph's attempts to comfort him using arguments from Adams' own sermons about conquering passion through reason and grace. Adams mourns the loss of his "little prattler, the darling and comfort of his old age." However, his grief turns to surprise and joy when his son, alive, appears before him in a wet condition.

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    Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews

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    “You are too much inclined to passion, child, and have set your affections so absolutely on this young
    woman, that, if G - required her at your hands, I fear you would reluctantly part with her. Now,
    believe me, no Christian ought so to set his heart on any person or thing in this world, but that,
    whenever it shall be required or taken from him in any manner by Divine Providence, he may be
    able, peaceably, quietly, and contentedly, to resign it.” At which words, one came hastily in, and
    acquainted Mr Adams that his youngest son was drowned. He stood silent a moment, and soon
    began to stamp about the room and deplore his loss with the bitterest agony. Joseph, who was
    overwhelmed with concern likewise, recovered himself sufficiently to endeavour to comfort the
    parson; in which attempt he used many arguments that he had at several times remembered out of
    his own discourse, both in private and public (for he was a great enemy to the passions, and
    preached nothing more than the conquest of them by reason and grace), but he was not at leisure
    now to hearken to his advice. “Child, child,” said he, “do not go about impossibilities. Had it been
    any other of my children, I could have borne it with patience; but my little prattler, the darling and
    comfort of my old age - the little wretch to be snatched out of life just at his entrance into it; the
    sweetest, best tempered boy, who never did a thing to offend me. It was but this morning I gave him
    his first lesson in Quae Genus. This was the very book he learnt; poor child! It is of no further use to
    thee now. He would have made the best scholar, and have been an ornament to the Church; such
    parts and such goodness never met in one so young.” “And the handsomest lad too,” says Mrs
    Adams, recovering from a swoon in Fanny’s arms. - “My poor Jacky, shall I never see thee more?”
    cries the parson - “Yes, surely,” says Joseph, “and in a better place; you will meet again, never to part
    more.” - I believe the parson did not hear these words, for he paid little regard to them, but went on
    lamenting, whilst the tears trickled down into his bosom. At last he cried out, “Where is my little
    darling?” and was sallying out, when, to his great surprise and joy, in which I hope the reader will
    sympathise, he met his son in a wet condition indeed, but alive and running towards him.

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