CONTENTS

PLAYS, VOL. V.

TUMBLE-DOWN DICK; or, PHAETON IN THE SUDS

MISS LUCY IN TOWN; A SEQUEL TO THE VIRGIN UNMASKED,

A Farce

THE WEDDING-DAY, A Comedy

THE FATHERS; or, THE GOOD-NATURED MAN, A Comedy

PREFACE BY FIELDING TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF HIS MIS-

CELLANIES AND POEMS, IN 1743

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OF TRUE GREATNESS. An Epistle to the Right Honourable

George Dodington, Esq.

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OF GOOD NATURE. To his Grace, the Duke of Richmond

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LIBERTY. To George Lyttleton, Esq.

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TO A FRIEND, ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE

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TO JOHN HAYES, ESQ. ON THE MIXED PASSIONS OF MAN

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A DESCRIPTION OF UN (alias NEW HOG'S NORTON), IN

COM. HANTS. Written to a Young Lady in the Year 1728 277

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, 1730.

"WHILE AT THE HELM OF STATE YOU RIDE"

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TO THE SAME. Anno 1731

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PLAYS, VOL. V-1

WRITTEN EXTEMPORE ON A HALFPENNY, WHICH A YOUNG

LADY GAVE A BEGGAR, AND THE AUTHOR REDEEMED FOR HALF-

A-CROWN

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ON A LADY, COQUETTING WITH A VERY SILLY FELLOW

ON THE SAME

EPITAPH ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT

ANOTHER. ON A WICKED FELLOW

EPIGRAM ON ONE WHO INVITED MANY GENTLEMEN TO A SMALL

DINNER

A SAILOR'S SONG.

TO THE SAME, ON HER WISHING TO HAVE A LILLIPUTIAN TO

TO THE SAME; HAVING BLAMED MR. GAY FOR HIS SEVERITY

TO THE MASTER OF THE SALISBURY ASSEMBLY. Occasioned by

a Dispute whether the Company should have fresh Candles

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THE CAT AND FIDDLE. To the Favourite Cat of a Fiddling Miser 295

PART OF JUVENAL'S SIXTH SATIRE, MODERNIZED IN BURLESQUE

VERSE

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TO MISS H, AND AT BATH. WRITTEN EXTEMPORE IN THE

PUMP ROOM, 1742

PLAIN TRUTH

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLAYS, VOL. V.

ST. BENE'T'S, PAUL'S WHARF

From an original drawing by E. E. Carlson.

Frontispiece

This little church in London was the scene of Fielding's second
marriage, in 1847, to Mary Daniel.

PRAY, SIR, WHO ARE THOSE EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES?
From an original painting by E. J. Read.

FACSIMILE TITLE PAGE TO Miss Lucy in Town, PUBLISHED 1742

FACSIMILE TITLE PAGE TO The Wedding Day, PUBLISHED 1743

IS THIS LADY YOUR WIFE, SIR?
From an original painting by E. J. Read.

DAVID GARRICK (1717-1779)

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This most celebrated actor of the eighteenth century took part as
an amateur in Fielding's play, The Mock Doctor. He made his
debut at Goodman's Fields in 1741, soon "taking the town by
storm," and holding the first rank until his death when he was
accorded a public funeral and'a resting place in Westminster Abbey.
He created the part of Millamour in Fielding's Wedding Day. He
acted in others of his dramas. He revived Shakesperian plays and
introduced the device of footlights. In both comedy and tragedy
he was master, and in private life also he was popular.

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