Henry Fielding Quote

Petition me no petitions, sir, today;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
Today it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.


Act I, sc. ii - Tom Thumb the Great (1730)


Petition me no petitions, sir, today; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as ...

Petition me no petitions, sir, today; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as ...

Petition me no petitions, sir, today; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as ...

Petition me no petitions, sir, today; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as ...