Henry Fielding

Novelist and dramatist, 1707-1754

Cited as Fielding. — 20 quotations

The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.

He waxeth at your abode here.

The gate would have been shut against her.

The island bore but a little ahead of us.

Constant attendance at church three times a day.

It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case.

I will not believe so meanly of you.

He had lost a cool hundred.

Several persons were depictured in caricature.

All her rents been drafted to London.

Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub.

Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.

The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative.

She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets.

A shirt with laced ruffles.

It will be concluded by many that he lived like an honest man.

You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish.

Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.

I am resolved she shall not settle here.

It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia.