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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[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.

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