FIELDING;

OR,

SOCIETY.

(CONCLUSION OF PART III. II.)

"TREMAINE" AND "DE VERE.”

Robert Plumer Ward

"I can truly say, that of all the papers I have blotted, which have been a
good deal in my time, I have never written any thing for the public without
the intention of some public good. Whether I have succeeded or not, is not
my part to judge."-SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

FIELDING; OR, SOCIETY.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

MDCCCXXXVIII.

928398

FIELDING;

OR,

SOCIETY.

SECTION XIII.

FIELDING GOES TO A COUNTY BALL.

"I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether."

TWELFTH NIGHT.

"They bid us to the English dancing school,
And teach lavoltas, high and swift corantos."

HENRY V.

THE evening came; the ball opened, and every heart beat high. Yes! D- House, or Carlton House, or Almacks itself may hold their heads up as high as they please! Neither grandeur, beauty, nobility, nor London elegance, can with all their charms equal the interest, and therefore the pleasure, kindled by a county ball. O! the dreams of partners; the bales of ribands and gauzes; the tailors and mantua makers; the sweetmeats and cold meats; the cooks and fidlers; the purveyors and perfumers put in requisition! The innkeepers

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