Author : Tobias Smollett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334129155
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (291 download)
Book Synopsis Select Works of Tobias Smollett, Vol. 2 of 2 by : Tobias Smollett
Download or read book Select Works of Tobias Smollett, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Tobias Smollett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Select Works of Tobias Smollett, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing "the Adventures of Roderick Random;" "The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves;" "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker;" "The History and Adventures of an Atom;" And "Poems" Bruin was exhibited in the garb and atti tude of an old, toothless, drunken soldier; the owl, perched upon the handle of a cofi'ee pot, with spectacles on his nose, seemed to contemplate a newspaper; and the ass, orna meated with a age tie-wig (which, however, could not conc his long ears), sat for his picture to the monkey, who appeared with the implements of painting. This whimsical groupe afforded some mirth, and met with general aggrobation, until some mischievous wag hin that the whole was a lampoon upon the friends of the performer; an insmua tion which was no sooner circulated, than those very people who applauded it before he to be alarmed, and even to fancy them se ves signified by the several figures of the piece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.