An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

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