Download or read book The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq., Vol. 7 of 12 written by Henry Fielding and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq., Vol. 7 of 12: With the Life of the Author For thefe purpofes I have employed all the wit and humourpfs which I. Am mafier in the following hifiory;wherein I have endeavoured to laugh mankind out of their favourite follies and vices. Ihow far I have fucceeded in this good attempt, I {hall fub mit to the candid reader, with only two te quefis: F irli, That he will nor expeft to find perfection in this work; and Second ly. That he will excufe fome parts of it, if they fall ibort of that little merit which I h0pe may appear in others. I will detain you, Sir, no longer. In deed I have run into a preface, while I profeffed to write a dedication. But how can it be Otherwife? I dare not praife you; and the only rreans'i know of to avoid it, when you are in my thoughts, are either to be entirely hlent, or to turn my thoughts to fome Other fubjeé't. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.