Humphrey ClinkerJ. D. Morris, 1902 |
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acquainted affection agreeable appearance aunt Barton Bath Baynard began betwixt Bramble Brambleton Hall brother Bulford called captain character Chowder coach cried dear DEAR MARY declared Dennison Edinburgh endeavoured England entertainment exclaimed eyes favour fellow fortune gentleman George Dennison give Glasgow Gloucester gout hand head heart honour hope humour Humphry Clinker Jack Wilson James Quin Jerry Jesus College lady landlord laugh Letty LEWIS Liddy lieutenant Lismahago live lodgings London look Lord manner MARY JONES master MATT Matthew Lloyd mistress nature never night nose obliged observed occasion Oxon passed perceived person poor postillion pounds present received remarkably respect river Clyde Scotch Scotland seemed seen servant SIR WATKIN PHILLIPS sister Smollett spirit squire sure Tabby Tabitha thither tion told took town turned uncle whole Willis Wilson woman young
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Page 110 - While, lightly pois'd, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war ; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine.
Page 50 - ... avenues to it are mean, dirty, dangerous, and indirect. Its communication with the Baths, is through the yard of an inn, where the poor trembling valetudinarian is carried in a chair, betwixt the heels of a double row of horses, wincing under the curry-combs of grooms and postilions, over and above the hazard of being obstructed, or overturned by the carriages which are continually making their exit or their entrance...
Page 188 - My curiosity being excited by this hint, I consulted my friend Dick Ivy, who undertook to gratify it the very next day, which was Sunday last He carried me to dine with S , whom you and I have long known by his writings. He lives in the skirts of the town ; and every Sunday his house is open to all unfortunate 'brothers of the quill, whom he treats with beef, pudding, and potatoes, port, punch, and Calverl's entire butt beer.
Page 110 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen : And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil ; And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard 1 [S
Page 73 - Abigail, dressed in her lady's cast clothes ; whom he, I suppose, mistook for some countess just arrived at the Bath. The ball was opened by a Scotch lord, with a mulatto heiress from St. Christopher's ; and the gay Colonel Tinsel danced all the evening with the daughter of an eminent tinman from the borough of Southwark.
Page 109 - On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave...
Page 209 - cried the squire in a passion. " What admonition, you blockhead ? What right has such a fellow as you to set up for a reformer ? " — " Begging your honour's pardon," replied Clinker, " may not the new light of God's grace shine upon the poor and the ignorant in their humility, as well as upon the wealthy and the philosopher, in all his pride of human learning...
Page 60 - Spring Gardens ; a sweet retreat, laid out in walks and ponds and parterres of flowers : and there is a long room for breakfasting and dancing. As the situation is low and damp, and the season has been remarkably wet, my uncle won't suffer me to go thither, lest I should catch cold : but my aunt says it is all a vulgar prejudice ; and, to be sure, a great many gentlemen and ladies 147 of Ireland frequent the place, without seeming to be the worse for it.
Page 124 - Hark ye, Clinker, you are a most notorious offender — you stand convicted of sickness, hunger, wretchedness, and want — but, as it does not belong to me to punish criminals, I will only take upon me...
Page 72 - ... Another entertainment, peculiar to Bath, arises from the general mixture of all degrees assembled in our public rooms, without distinction of rank or fortune. This is what my uncle reprobates, as a monstrous jumble of heterogeneous principles; a vile mob of noise and impertinence, without decency or subordination. But this chaos is to me a source of infinite amusement.