Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of … - Henry Fielding

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Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.

Henry Fielding

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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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It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.

The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part,and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town.

Oons, sir! do you say that I am drunk? I say, sir, that I am as sober as a judge.

Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune. - Henry Fielding

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