“Thoroughly to unfold the labyrinths of the human mind is an arduous task.... In order to dive into those recesses and lay them open to the reader in a striking and intelligible manner, 'tis necessary to assume a certain freedom in writing, not strictly perhaps within the limits prescribed by rules.” WritingMindHumansCertainOrderReaderLimitsTasksLaysAssumingHuman MindLabyrinthRecess Book:The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia Source: The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia
“The motives to actions and the inward turns of mind seem in our opinion more necessary to be known than the actions themselves; and much rather would we choose that our reader should clearly understand what our principal actors think than what they do.” ThinkingShouldMindSeemsActionTurnsActorsFictionKnownOpinionReaderMotivePrincipalInward Author:Sarah Fielding
“Yet if strict criticism should till frown on our method, let candor and good humor forgive what is done to the best of our judgment, for the sake of perspicuity in the story and the delight and entertainment of our candid reader.” IfsShouldDoneStoriesReadingReaderJudgmentCriticismMethodForgivingSakeDelightEntertainmentStrictCandorCandidGood Humor Author:Sarah Fielding
“On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.” MayFormReadingImaginationFictionAirBearsReaderWingsGentleFancyCastles Book:The cry (1754) Source: The cry (1754)
“But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.” UseLeftLibertyReaderAll ThingsDues Book:The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable Source: The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable
“[T]he judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.” KnowsWellsCharacterImaginationSituationOughtReaderChiefsThrown Book:The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable Source: The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable
“If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.” IfsReaderJudgmentModestyCandor Book:The cry (1754) Source: The cry (1754)
