... the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.


Book I, Chapter 1 - The History of Tom Jones (1749)

Henry Fielding Quotes

The excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

The excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

The excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

The excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.