Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
Henry Fieldingwas an English novelist and dramatist best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Additionally, he holds a significant place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to foundwhat some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His younger sister, Sarah, also became a successful writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 April 1707
ridiculous source
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation
animal may tables
The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part,and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town.
skills excellence entertainment
the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.
pay slave should
for nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves pay to all above them.
missing looks insult
Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.
men honor mind
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest.
two golden bows
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.
fate names ink
The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate writ my name it made a blot.
eye names guilt
Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them.
men clergy folks
Clergy are men as well as other folks.
doctors physicians disease
Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.
coquette coquetry affection
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.
heart blood brave
When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood-- Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England's roast beef.
loss evil anxiety
No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.