Passage from the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Title
Passage from the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Description
This is an interesting commentary on the inner mind by Henry Fielding in his work, Tom Jones.
Creator
Henry Fielding
Source
Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. The Mind Is a Metaphor, http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/12864. Accessed Feb 17 2020.
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1749
Contributor
George Knute Broady
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Text
[I]t would be an ill Office in us to pay a Visit to the inmost Recesses of his Mind, as some scandalous People search into the most secret Affairs of their Friends, and often pry into their Closets and Cupboards only to discover their Poverty and Meanness to the World.
Citation
Henry Fielding , “Passage from the History of Tom Jones, a Foundling,” Enlightenmens, accessed April 1, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/616.