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The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love

Henry Fielding

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .FNanchor_5_5">[5] in their Birth. But as the stoutest Ox submits himself to the Yoke, and the most fiery Horse to the Bridle, so shall Love to me. Though he may bend his Bow against my Breast, and shake his Torches at me; no matter: nay, the more he pierces me with his Arrows, the more he burns me, the more severely will I be revenged of him.

But here, Master Apollo, I will tell no lies to my Readers. I do not pretend to have received any Inspiration from you, any more than from Parson Whitefield [6]: And as for Miss Clio [7] and her eight Sisters, I never visit them; nor have I even a Cap-Acquaintance with them. I write from Experience only; and Experto crede Roberto is my Motto. I promise my Readers that I will tell them truth; and if I must, for form sake, invoke any Muse, Venus herself shall be the Person [8]. Sweet Goddess! then be thou present, and smile at my[6] Undertaking. But as for you who cannot smile, I mean you, Prudes, with your screw'd Faces, . . . Read More

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- Christopher - Mar 21, 2019

What could be more "Augustan" than an 18th C. paraphrase (by Henry Fielding) of a 1st C. Latin "How to Pick up Girls" (by Ovid)?

There is a lot of mythology interlarded with what one might call Machiavellian advice ("Be bold!")- nearly 100 percent of which is politically incorrect.

There's a reason th

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