Henry, 1707–54, English novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
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But here Virgin was fielding only one test vehicle that embodied a whole set of completely untried systems.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole|Clive Irving|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No one in the Hall of Fame was the very best at every hitting or fielding measurement all the time either.
The Captain’s Log: Derek Jeter’s Lady-Killing Past, From ‘Yeah, Jeets!’ to Gift Baskets|Emily Shire|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lou agreed, until the photographer suggested that Dahlgren pose in a fielding position at first base, with Lou cheering him on.
The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address|Ray Robinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To my surprise, he informed me that Mr. Fielding Thaneford had passed a comfortable night and was better.
In Jeopardy|Van Tassel Sutphen
In about twenty previous years, many great ones had departed—notably Pope, Thomson, Fielding.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 424, New Series, February 14, 1852|Various
More fortunate than Fielding, he was allowed to take the measure of his permanent fame.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864|Various
Fielding tells us that man is fire, and woman tow, and the Prince of Darkness sets a light to 'em.
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
The close relationship in intellectual sympathy between Lillo's talent and the genius of Fielding has already been noticed.
Henry Fielding: A Memoir|G. M. Godden
British Dictionary definitions for Fielding
Fielding
/ (ˈfiːldɪŋ) /
noun
Henry . 1707–54, English novelist and dramatist, noted particularly for his picaresque novel Tom Jones (1749) and for Joseph Andrews (1742), which starts as a parody of Richardson's Pamela : also noted as an enlightened magistrate and a founder of the Bow Street runners (1749)