...previously (1763) Mr. Ralph Allen— "the Squire Allworthy" of Fielding's Tom Jones, and eulogized by Pope, — " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," — had introduced here the bathing-machine, and drawn attention to the salubrity of its position....

...the epilogue to his Satires, first called ' low-born,' and afterwards ' humble,' in the couplet, ' Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame,' 1741.] CHARACTER OF RALPH ALLEN. 203 and who was the original of Fielding's Squire Allworthy, was a...

...Defence of Christianity against Tindal. Outdo Landaff in doctrine — yea, in life ; Let humble Allen,4 with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue and to me ; Dwell in a monk, or...

...MARRIAGE. Pope was on a visit to his friend, Ealph Allen, of Prior Park, near Bath, of whom he wrote ' ' Let humble Allen with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. " One day, during the visit, a letter was put into Pope's hands, which appeared to cause him some embarrassment....

...has celebrated one of his principal virtues, unassuming benevolence, in the well-known lines : — " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find its fame." On the death of Allen, the cross-posts were brought under the control of the Postmaster-General....

...of Squire Alworthy in Fielding's novel Tom Jones, and whom Pope had immortalized in the couplet — Let humble Allen with an awkward shame Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame. Ho made about £ 10,000 a year out of the Post Office, and held the appointment for forty-four years....

...Fielding with the original of Squire Allworthy, and by Pope's couplet embalming his real name, — ' Let humble Allen. with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.' Pope, when he introduced Warburton at Prior Park, meant only to provide his sturdy henchman with a...

...has celebrated one of his principal virtues, unassuming benevolence, in the well-known lines : — "Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." Fielding's picture of Allen, in the character of Allworthy, is of course coloured with the warmth of...

...Alworthy in Fielding's novel Tom Jone», and whom Pope had immortalized in the couplet — Let bumble Allen with an awkward shame Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame. He made about £10,000 a year out of the Post Office, and held the appointment for forty-four years....

...but empty things ; 3s The active benevolence of Mr. Allen is celebrated by Pope in these lines : " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." Warburton, in his notes upon nearly every word of the above quotation, takes the opportunity of exalting...