...even when his humour descended to characters that in any other hands would have been vulgarly low. Fielding had as much humour perhaps as Addison, but,...having no idea of grace, is perpetually disgusting. The Grecians had grace in every thing — in oratory, in poetry, in statuary, in architecture, and...

...characters that, in any other hands, would have been vulgarly low. Ig it not clear that Will Whimble was a gentleman, though he always lived at a distance...and his gentlemen are awkward when they should be al their ease. The Grecians had grace in every thing, in poetry, in oratory, in statuary, in architecture,...

...even when his humour descended to characters that in any other hands would have been vulgarly low. Fielding had as much humour perhaps as Addison, but,...having no idea of grace, is perpetually disgusting. The Grecians had grace in every thing— in oratory, in poetry, in statuary, in architecture, and,...

...even when his humour descended to characters that in any other hands would have been vulgarly low. Fielding had as much humour perhaps as Addison, but,...having no idea of grace, is perpetually disgusting. The Grecians had grace in every thing—in oratory, in poetry, in statuary, in architecture, and, I...

...characleis that, in any other hands, would have been vulgarly low. Is it not clear that Will Whimble was a gentleman, though he always lived at a distance...gentlemen are awkward when they should be at their ease. " Nothing's well dene But what at first is with the gods begun." He carries an assistant angel .with...

...an approach towards burlesque and buffoonery, when even his humour descended to characters that in other hands would have been vulgarly low. Is not it...gentlemen are awkward when they should be at their case. The Grecians had grace in everything ; in poetry, in oratory, in statuary, in architecture, and...

...Parish Register of Twickenham. Walpole, no doubt, knew Fielding, though he disliked him, saying he " had as much humour perhaps as Addison ; but having no idea of grace is perpetually disgusting."2 Kneller Hall, in 1760 a handsome country house with grounds worthy to be called a park...

...years later he was still harping on the same string. In a note to John Pinkerton (1785), he writes: "Fielding had as much humour, perhaps, as Addison;...gentlemen are awkward when they should be at their ease."*8 More evidence of the same sort comes from George Hardinge, who wrote, in his corrections to...

...impressed his generation. Walpole who did not care for his novels, pays tribute to this quality in them. "Fielding had as much humour, perhaps, as Addison;...grossest of their profession; and his gentlemen are awkard when they should be at their ease." I shall conclude our study of Fielding by -quoting from...