Tobias Smollett
Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollettwas a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Randomand The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens. His novels were amended liberally by printers; a definitive edition of each of his works was edited by Dr. O. M. Brack, Jr. to correct variants...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 March 1721
ignorance ridiculous adopted
Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.
nature should companion
Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions.
literature johnson
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)
liberty frozen goddess
Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!
science eels tails
A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.
life moving bows
Thy fatal shafts unerring move; I bow before thine altar, Love!
war shots dies
Every shot has its commission, d'ye see? We must all die at one time, as the saying is.
golf weather justice
Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together, in their shirts, and following the balls with utmost eagerness.
rocks white tunes
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; No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, round, polish'd pebbles spread.
numbers three number-three
Number three is always fortunate.
time support body
The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.
london taste bread
The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constitution.
heart blessing hands
And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.
ideas water rotten
I find that the old Roman baths of this quarter, were found covered by an old burying ground, belonging to the Abbey; through which, in all probability, the water drains in its passage; so that as we drink the decoction of the living bodies at the Pump-room, we swallow the strainings of rotten bones and carcasses at the private bath - I vow to God, the very idea turns my stomach!