Fielding

Famous quotes containing the word fielding:

    [Allegory] should ... be very sparingly practised, lest, whilst the writer plays with his own fancies and diverts himself by cutting the air with his wide spread wings, he should soar out of view of his readers, leaving them in confusion and perplexity to explore his viewless track.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    I fairly confess that, acting as nature and simplicity dictated, no sooner did I see the once loved bosom of my Ferdinand free from those deformed demons which had crept in and filled up the vacant space, than beholding my natural home once more the seat of innocence and truth, my heart joyfully danced into its delightful abode.
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)