Fielding

In March 1753, when Fielding published his pamphlet on Elizabeth Canning, his life was plainly drawing to a close. His energies indeed were unabated, as may be gathered from a b...

The very subordinate part in the _Miser_ of "Furnish, an Upholsterer," was taken by a third-rate actor, whose surname has been productive of no little misconception among Henry...

The _Historical Register_ and _Eurydice Hiss'd_ were published together in June 1737. By this time the "Licensing Act" was passed, and the "Grand Mogul's Company" dispersed for...

"I wish you had been with me last week, when I spent two evenings with Fielding and his sister, who wrote David Simple, and you may guess I was very well entertained. The lady i...

Like his contemporary Smollett, Henry Fielding came of an ancient family, and might, in his Horatian moods, have traced his origin to Inachus. The lineage of the house of Denbig...

In one of Horace Walpole's letters to George Montagu, already quoted, there is a description of Fielding's Bow Street establishment, which has attracted more attention than it d...

In March 1742, according to an article in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, attributed to Samuel Johnson, "the most popular Topic of Conversation" was the _Account of the Conduct of t...

is literally pulled to pieces, there is no reference whatever to her nose, which may be taken as proof positive that it was not an assailable feature. Moreover, in the book as w...

where, from an epigram in the _Miscellanies_ "written _Extempore_ in the Pump Room," it is clear that Fielding was staying in 1742. But, whenever it was completed, we are inclin...