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  ...had she known from whom it came, she would have been d--d before she had opened it. "But with you, young gentleman," says she, "I am not in the least angry. I am rather sorry that so pretty a young man should be employed in such an errand." She accompanied these words with so tender an accent and so wanton a leer, that Fireblood, who was no backward youth, began to take her by the hand, and proceeded so warmly, that, to imitate his actions with the rapidity of our narration, He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.  
Fireblood, after he had ravished as much as he could, returned to Wild, and acquainted him as far as any wise man would, with what had passed; concluding with many praises of the young lady's beauty, with whom, he said, if his honour would have permitted him, he should himself have fallen in love; but, d--n him if he would not sooner be torn to pieces by wild horses than even think of injuring his friend. He asserted indeed, and swore so heartily, that, had not Wild been so thoroughly...   Fielding, Henry

Excerpt from The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great · This quote is about seduction · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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