It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Henry Fielding

Amelia

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Dying Fear of death Death

Speaker

Captain William Booth

Author

Henry Fielding

Source

Amelia

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1751 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Fielding, Henry. Amelia. London: Andrew Millar, 1752, bk. 3, ch. 4.

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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Andrew Millar/Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759, pt. 3, ch. 2.

Current Citation

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The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

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The world Death
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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, ch. 43.