Henry Fielding

Name: An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, and Mercury.Which was originally intended as an Introduction to a Comedy, called Jupiter's Descent on Earth.
Author: Henry Fielding

An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

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“An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, and Mercury.Which was originally intended as an Introduction to a Comedy, called Jupiter's Descent on Earth.”, published in 1743, is a work by Henry Fielding. It explores elements such as favourites, rogue and virtue.

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Yes, the trollops of the earth, such as Venus converses with. You never shew any civility to my favourites, nor make the men do it.
Jup. My dear, give me leave to say, your favourites are such, that man must be new made before he can be brought to give them the preference; for when I moulded up the clay of man, I put not one ingredient in to make him in love with ugliness, which is one of the most glaring qualities in all your favourites, whom I have ever seen; and you must not wonder, while you have such favourites, that the men slight them. ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Faith! it is surprising, that a god whom I sent down to earth when I was angry with mankind, and who has done them more hurt than all the other deities, should ingratiate himself so far into their favour. ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Would not he be a rogue who should take a man's money for persuading him he was a lord or a baronet, when he knew he was no such thing? Is not he equally such, who picks his pocket by heaping virtues on him which he knows he has no title to? These fellows prevent the very use of praise, which, while only the reward of virtue, will always invite men to it ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Methinks, Sir, you should not reflect thus on wits to me, who am the god of wit.
Mer. Heyday, Sir, nor you on thieves, to me who am the god of thieves. We have no such reason to quarrel about our votaries, they are much of the same kind; for as it is a proverb, That all poets are poor; so it is a maxim, That all poor men are rogues. ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Yes, Sir, and I have men of quality that rob; but neither are the one poets, or the other rogues; for as the one can write without wit, so can the other rob without roguery. They call it privilege, I think: Jupiter I suppose gave it them; and instead of quarrelling with one another, I think it would be wiser in us to unite in a petition to my father, that he would revoke it, and put them on a footing with our other votaries.
Apol. It is in vain to petition him any thing against mankind at present, he is in such good humour with them ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ The dedications please me extremely, and I am glad to find there are such excellent men upon earth. — There is one whom I find two or three authors agree to be much better than any of us in heaven are. This discovery, together with my wife's tongue, has determined me to make a trip to the earth, and spend some time in such godlike company. ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ I would have kick'd him out of heaven long ago, but that I am afraid, if he was to take his residence entirely upon the earth, he would foment a rebellion against me.
Apol. Your fear has too just a ground, for the god of riches has more interest there than all the other gods put together: nay, he has supplanted us in all our provinces; he gives wit to men I never heard of, and beauty to women Venus never saw. ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ And Jupiter, you know, though he is the greatest, is far from being the wisest of the gods.
Mer. His own honesty makes him the less suspicious of others; for, except in regard to women, he is as honest a fellow as any deity in all the Elysian Fields ”

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Henry Fielding, An Interlude between Jupiter, Juno… (1743)

“ Nay, he ventures to make free with Mars himself; and sometimes, they tell me, puts men at the head of military affairs, who never saw an enemy, nor of whom an enemy ever could see any other than the back. ”

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