Parson Abraham Adams

Parson Abraham Adams

Parson Abraham Adams is a country curate in Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews," with a head full of learning and a heart full of love to his fellows, but in absolute ignorance of the world, which in his simplicity he takes for what it professes to be.


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