A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet to meet wit… - Henry Fielding

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A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet to meet with the great and the admirable; but life every where furnishes an accurate observer with the ridiculous.

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About Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.

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Alternative Names: Henri Fielding Scriblerus Secundus Conny Keyber Alexander Drawcansir John Trottplaid Hercules Vinegar Henri Filding Lemuel Gulliver Petrus Gualterus Enrique Fielding Genri Filʹding
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