...bestowed a more than ordinary Pains in her Education ; in which I venture to affirm, I followed the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...candid and learned Reader will see that the latter waa the noble model which I made use of on this Occasion. " I do not think my Child is entirely free...

...bestowed a more than ordinary Pains in her Education ; in which I venture to affirm, I followed the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...will see that the latter was the noble model which 1 made use of on this Occasion. " I do not think my Child is entirely free from Faults. I know nothing...

...more than ordinary Pains 'in her Education ; in which I will venture to affirm, I followed 'the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ 'best...will see that the latter was the noble 'model, which 1 made use of on this Occasion. '1 do not think my Child is entirely free from Faults. I 'know nothing...

...more than ordinary pains in her education ; in which I will venture to affirm, I followed the rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...she will be found to deviate very little from the observation of all those rules : neither Homer nor Virgil pursued them with greater care than myself,...

...more than ordinary Pains in her Education ; in which I will venture to affirm, I f ollowed the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...the subject; and if her Conduct be fairly examined, ßhe will be found to deviate very little from the strictest Observation of all those Rules ; neither...

...more than ordinary Pains in her Education; in which I will venture to affirm, I followed the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...noble model, which I made use of on this Occasion. Thus designedly the epic action of Amelia really begins in medias res with the modern Dido (Miss Matthews)...

...Covent-Garden Journal No. 8, where, at the "Court of Censorial Inquiry," the "Father" of Amelia maintains that "if her Conduct be fairly examined, she will be found...very little from the strictest Observation of all [the] Rules; neither Homer nor Virgil pursued them with greater Care than myself, and the candid and...

...had "bestowed a more than ordinary Pains in her [Amelia's] Education; . . . [and] followed the Rules of all those who are acknowledged to have writ best...from the strictest observation of all those Rules." Although the tone of this defense is comic, Fielding ends it by famously pledging to "trouble the World...

...that he has followed the rules for the epic with as much care as had Homer and Virgil, and that the 'learned Reader will see that the latter was the noble model, which I made use of on this Occasion'.17 Here Fielding is inviting readers to revisit his opening chapter, which takes the form...