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    thehistoryoftoones,afoundling

    byhenryfielding

    booki

    ntainingaschofthebirthofthefoundlingasisnecessary

    orpropertoacquaintthereaderhinthebeginningofthishistory

    chapter1

    theintrodutotheothefeast

    anauthhttonsiderhielf,notasagentlenwhogives

    aprivateoreleesynarytreat,butratherasonewhokeepsa

    publirdinary,atefortheirney.

    intheforrcase,itishattheeainerprovides

    farehepleases;andthoughthisshouldbeveryindifferent,

    andutterlydisagreeabletothetasteofhispany,theystnot

    findanyfault;nay,orary,goodbreedingforcesthebr >

    outnd.now

    thentraryofthishappenstothesterofanordinary.nwhopay

    fortheyeatongratifyingtheirpalates,however

    nidsicaltheseyprove;andifeverythingisnotagreeable

    totheirtaste,tosure,toabuse,andto

    dntheirdinnerhoutntroul.

    toprevent,therefivingoffenersbyanysuch

    disappointnt,ithathbeenusualeaning

    hosttoprovideabilloffareayperuseattheir

    firstentranselves

    entayexpect,yeitherstayand

    regale,orydeparttosoother

    ordinarybetteracdatedtotheirtaste.

    asfronynwhois

    capableoflendiher,

    thesehovictuallers,andshallprefixnotonlyageneralbill

    offaretoourent,butshalllikehereader

    particularbillstoeveryurseobeservedupinthis

    andtheensuingvolus.

    theprovision,then,adeisnootherthan

    hunnature.nordoifearthatsensiblereader,thoughst

    luxuriousinhistaste,art,cavil,orbeoffended,becausei

    havenadbutoianofbristol,

    uchexperiencebesidesthe

    delianydifferentkindsoffood;

    norannature,though

    herellee,issuchprodigiousvariety,

    thatahalltheseveralspeciesof

    anilaablefoodinthehananauthoro

    exhaustsoextensiveasubject.

    anobjeayperhapsbeapprehendedfroheredelicate,that

    thisdishistoonandvulgar;forelseisthesubjectof

    alltherons,hhestalls

    aboundnyexquisiteviandsghtberejectedbytheepicure,if

    itningofthesnand

    vulgar,thatsothingostpaltryalleysunder

    thesana.iy,truenatureisasdiffiet

    ,orbolognasausage,istobe

    foundintheshops.

    buttheetaphor,nsistsinthe

    okeryoftheauthor;for,as.popetellsus

    trueisnaturetoadvantagedrest;

    ofthought,butneerso.

    thesaaofhisflesh

    eatenatthetableofaduke,yperhapsbedegradedinanotherpart,

    andsoofhislisgibbeted,asithevileststallin

    tohehedifferehefoodofthe

    noblenaer,ifbothareatdihesaoxorcalf,

    butintheseasoning,thedressing,thegaishing,aing

    forthhenostlanguidappetite,

    ahertusandpallsthathesharpesta.

    inlikeheexeertainnt

    nsistslessinthesubjectthanihorsskillinwell

    dressingitup.hoherefore,hereaderbetofind

    thathefollooohe

    highestprinciplesofthebestokhepresentage,or

    perhapsthatofheliogabalus,hathproduced.thisgreatn,asis

    oallloversofpoliteeating,beginsatfirstby

    settingplainthingsbeforehishungryguests,risingafterwardsby

    degreesastheirstochsybesupposedtodecrease,tothevery

    quintessenanner,

    hunnatureatfirsttothekeeeofourreader,inthatre

    plainandsilennerinisfoundiry,andshall

    hereafterhashandragooithallthehighfrenditalian

    seasoningofaffectationandvidcitiesafford.by

    theseans,ayberendereddesirousto

    readonforever,asthegreatpersonjustaboventionedissupposed

    tohavedesoperso.

    havihusch,ainthosewholikeour

    billoffarenolongerfroheirdiet,andshallproceeddirectly

    toserveupthefirsturseofourhistoryfortheireainnt.

    chapter2

    ashortdescriptionofsquireallhy,andafulleratof

    ssbridgetallhy,hissister

    inthatpartofthehis

    nlycalledsorsetshire,therelatelylived,andperhapslives

    still,agentlewellbe

    calledthefavouriteofbothnatureandfortune;forbothofthese

    seeohavente.inthis

    ion,natureyseeosotohaveeoffvictorious,as

    shebestonygifts,unehadonlyoinher

    poinpforththis,shehatothers

    perhapsythinkthissingleendoorethan

    equivalenttoallthevariousblessings

    nature.froheforrofthese,hederivedanagreeableperson,a

    soundnstitution,asoliduanding,andabenevole;

    bythelatter,heotheianceofohelargest

    estatesiy.

    thisgentlenhadinhisyouthrriedavery

    ...
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