Reason "doth not foolishly say to us, <i>be not glad,</i> or<i>be not sorry,</i>  which would be as vain and idle, as to bid the purling River cease to run, or the raging Wind to blow"
The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
At least 13 entries in ESTC (1743, 1754, 1758, 1763, 1774, 1775, 1782, 1785, 1793, 1795).<br>
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Text from <u>Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, 1743). [Jonathan Wild in Vol. 3] &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000028797:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;