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Quotation from The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding
“I did not suffer a brave man and an old man to remain a moment in this posture, but I immediately forgave him”
The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, The Voyage, Tuesday entry after July 26 (at anchor off Torbay) (Project Gutenberg #1146 (Murphy text))
The captain has fallen on his knees to beg pardon after Fielding threatened to leave the ship and go to law.
Citation: "I did not suffer a brave man and an old man to remain a moment in this posture, but I immediately forgave him" — Henry Fielding, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, The Voyage, Tuesday entry after July 26 (at anchor off Torbay) (Project Gutenberg #1146 (Murphy text)). (id fielding-journal-of-a-voyage-to-lisbon-q7)
