Miscellaneous Works Tobias Smollett

MISCE LLA NE OU S WORKS O T BI S MO . A S LLE TT, M . D WITH M E M O I R S H IS LIFE A N D W R ITINGS, R OBE R T AN DE R SON , M . D . TH E SIXTH EDITION, IN SIX VOLUMES. ME V VOLU . CON TAINING T E D TURE S OF SIR A U CE GRE A VES H A VEN L N LO T , AN D TRAVELS TH R OUGH FRANCE AND ITALY . E DINBURGH P RIN TE D F OR TIR L ING L D HIL L C A N D FAIRE AI R N E P TE R O . S S A , E 19 , A A N DE R O N E D IN B GH ' J C U THI LL L A CK I N GTO N ! S , U R ; w . O I R ID O E , . , , H A R D ING H U GH E MA V O R J O N B ALDWIN C R A DO CK J O Y , S , , a; E S , , . S . R . C H O L E Y G . C O W I . N D H . R I D G. M AC K I E A U E R w . E , S , E a; c o , R . S S , , A N D T. J . A LL MA N L O N DO N W I L O N O N Y O RK R . MI LL I KE N 4 , ; S Q S S, ; A N D J C U MMING D L . , UB I N . CO NTE NTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. E DV NTUR S OF SIR L UNC LOT GR V TH A E E A E EA E S. hich certain ersona e s of this de i htful hi stor are in C H AP I . In w p g l g y troduced ’ to th e reader s I In which th e hero of thes e adventures ma es his rs a earance on th e s I . k fi t pp tage of action . Which th e reader on r usa ma Wish w ere ch a er the as . III , pe l , y pt l t IV . In which it a ea rs h at the ni h wh en hear il set in for s ee in was pp t k g t, t y l p g , not eas ily dis turbed V In which thi s reca it u ation draw s to a c ose . p l l V I In which th e reader wi erceive that in some case s madn is . ll p ess In whi h th h i im r an e VII . c e knig t resumes h s po t c 6 4 ’ Whi h is Withi hair ead h f r vi n hi h V I II . c n a s br t o p o g g ly 3 hi IX. W ch may serve to shew that true patriotis m is of no party Whi sh u X . ch eweth that he who plays at bowls wi ll sometimes meet with r bbers 9 0 X I Des ri i . c pt on of a modern magistrate hi h n X I I . W c sh ews th ere are more w ays to kill a dog than ha ging XIII In whi h our ni h is tan a iz ed wi h a ransien im se of felici . 1 1 9 . c k g t t l t t t gl p ty hich h w ~ XI V. W s e s , That man wa s si a cannot al y p, h i W en th e cup is at his l p . XV . Exhibi i n an interview whi ch it is to be ho ed wi interes th e curi t g , , p , ll t osity of th e reader V . Which it is to be ho ed the reader wil fi nd an a reeab e medle of X I , p , l g l y mir h and madness sense and t , Con ainin h v n w and sur risin XVII . t g adventures of c i alry equally e p g In whi h h f ine with renovated ustre . XVI I I . c t e rays o chi valry sh l Con e rifli n and res cent l 78 X I X. taining th e achievements of the knights of th g c XX. In which our h ero descends into the mans ions of the damned . 1 87 C n f XXI . o ta ining furth er anecdotes relating to th e childr en o In h t e i ns of XXII . whic Captain Crowe is sublimed i nto he r g o iv C ONTE NT S . C H I‘ I I I In which th e c ouds tha cover th e catas ro he be in to dis A . XX . l t t p g I Th e not th at uz z es h um an w isdom the hand of ortune sometim XX V . k p l , F es will un tIe familiar a s h er g arter " C P R T H E L A ST. Which it is to be ho ed wil b e on more accoun s HA T E , p , l , t n one a re eab e to th e reader th a , g l T UGH F ND T f a 4 5 8 TRAVE LS H RO RANC E A I ALY , rom p ge 2 7 to 7 . A DVE NTU RE S SIR LAU NCELOT GREAVES. CH A P TE R I . ‘ In which cer ta in p er s onag es of this delig hft ul his tory a r e ’ h r a der s a c ua i nta n e i n troduced to t e e q c . “ Ir on the n he n f was great ort r road rom York to London , the of of about beginning the month October , and the hour f f v io o eight in the evening , that our travellers were , by a of for lent shower rain , driven shelter into a little public ‘ e on the of e n hous side the high way , distinguish d by a sig w hich was s aid to exhibit the figure of a black lion . The in for kitchen , which they assembled , was the only room m entertain ent in the house , paved with red bricks , remark a f or f bly clean , urnished with three our Windsor chairs , of adorned with shining plates pewter, and copper sauce r ans n d of be p icely scoured , that even azzled the eyes the ‘ holder ; while a cheerful fire of sea - coal blazed in the chim ne . of on y Three the travellers, who arrived horseback , having seen their cattle properly accommodated in the stable, r wea ag eed to pass the time, until the ther should clear up , o of a a e ver a bowl rumbo , which was ccordingly prep r d ; f f but the ourth , re using to join their company , took his sta t of f r ion at the Opposite side the chimney , and called o a of h f a ar . pint twopenny , wit which he indulged himsel p t A t on f a little distance , his le t hand, there was another consistin f l g roup , g c the land ady , a decent widow, her two Vol. V. A 0 THE A DV E N TU R E S or da of th a ughters , the elder whom seemed to be about e ge of ‘ f a u lad fi teen , and co ntry , who served both as waiter and ostler . of The social triumvirate was composed Mr Fillet, a r in s f a country practitione urgery and midwi ery , C ptain w Crowe, and his nephe Mr Thomas Clarke , an attorney . was of e a of Fillet a man some duc tion , and a great deal experience, shrewd , sly , and sensible . Captain Crowe had commanded a merch ant ship in the Medi te rrane an trade for a a of f m ny ye rs , and saved some money by dint rugality and af . f tr fic He was an excellent seaman , brave, active, riendly and in his way , scrupulously honest ; but as little acquainted a with the w orld as a sucking child ; whimsical , imp tient, a nd so impetuous, that he could not help breaking in upon t t the conversa ion , whatever it might be, wi h repeated inter r u tion s f him im p , that seemed to burst rom by involuntary f pulse . When he himsel attempted to speak , he never a of u finished his period , but m de such a number abr pt tran s ition s t , that his discourse seemed to be an unconnec ed series of of n unfinished sentences , the meaning which it was ot e asy to decipher . Tom fe His nephew , Clarke, was a young llow , whose goodness of heart even the exercise of his profession had f not been able to corrupt . Be ore strangers he never owned f had no himsel an attorney without blushing, though he r eason to blush for his ow n practice ; for he constantly r e fused to engage in the cause of any client whose ch aracter c in.

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