Henry Fielding

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There are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

Henry Fielding

Tom Jones

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Character

Author

Henry Fielding

Source

Tom Jones

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story Picaresque

Language

English

Time

1749 1740s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Andrew Millar, 1749, bk. 15, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, edited by Alice Wakely. Penguin Classics, 2005.

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

Henry Fielding

Amelia

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Topic

Dying Fear of death Death

Speaker

Captain William Booth

Author

Henry Fielding

Source

Amelia

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1751 1750s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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