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Henry Fielding

“As this is one of those deep observations which very few readers can be supposed capable of making themselves, I have thought proper to lend them my assistance; but this is a favour rarely to be expected in the course of my work. Indeed, I shall seldom or never so indulge him, unless in such instances as this, where nothing but the inspiration with which we writers are gifted can possibly enable anyone to make the discovery.”

Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
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