"The Mind of Man is compared by Montaigne to a fertile Field, which tho' it be left entirely uncultivated, still retains all its genial Powers; but instead of producing any Thing lovely or profitable, sends forth only Weeds and wild Herbs of various Kinds, which serve to no Use or Emolument whatsoever."
The Covent-Garden Journal, No. 24
Henry Fielding, <u>The Covent-Garden Journal</u>, ed. G. E. Jensen, 2 vols. (New Haven: Yale UP, 1915).
