Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
"And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another."
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"And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another."
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
"Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see."
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
"It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so."
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
"For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn."
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
"An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money."
Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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