Miscellanies - v. 1 Author:Henry Fielding Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: C H A P. V. A Dialogue between young Mafter Wild and Count La Rufe, which, having extended to the Rejoinder; had a very quiet, ea/y, and natural Conclufion. ... more » ONE Evening after the Mifs Snaps were retired to Reft, the Count thus addrefled himfelf to young Wild: " You cannot, I apprehend, Mr. Wild, be " fuch a Stranger to your own great Ca- " pacity, as to be furprized when I tell " you, I have often viewed, with a Mix- " ture of Aftonifhment and Concern, your cc fhining Qualities confined to a Sphere, cc where they can never reach the Eyes of " thofe who would introduce them proper- " ly into the World, and raife you to an " Eminence, where you may blaze out " to the Admiration of all Men. I aflure cl you I am pleafed with my Captivity, " when I reflect, I am likely to owe to it an Acquaintance, and I hope Friendmip,c? with the greateft Genius of my Age; and, what is ftill more, when I indulge " my Vanity with a Profpect of drawing " from Obfcurity (pardon the Expreffion) " fuch Talents as were, I believe, never cc before like to have been buried in it; for " I make no Queftion, but, at my Dif- c? charge from Confinement, which will ti now foon happen, I fhall be able to in- " troduce you into Company, where you " may reap the Advantage of your fuperior " Parts. " I will bring you acquainted, Sir, with " thofe, who, as they are capable of fet- " ting a true Value on fuch Qualifications, " fo they will have it both in their Power " and Inclination to prefer you for them. " Such an Introduction is the only Advan- cf tage you want, without which your Me- tt rit might be your Misfortune; for thofe 11 Abilities which would entitle you to Ho- " nour and Profit in a fuperior Station, ?t may render you only obnoxious to Dan- V ger and Difgrace in a lower. Mr. Wild anfwered: " ...« less