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Quotation from The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
“I am, in reality, the founder of a new province of writing, so I am at liberty to make what laws I please therein.”
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book II, Chapter i (Project Gutenberg #6593)
In the introductory essay to Book II the narrator claims a lawgiver's freedom over the new form he is creating.
Citation: "I am, in reality, the founder of a new province of writing, so I am at liberty to make what laws I please therein." — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book II, Chapter i (Project Gutenberg #6593). (id fielding-tom-jones-q1)
Portrait: Henry Fielding, Unknown engraver, Public domain.
