The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
CONTENTS
RESPECTED SIR,
I have received your esteemed favour of the 13th ultimo, whereby it appeareth, that you have perused those same Letters, the which were delivered unto you by my friend, the reverend Mr Hugo Behn; and I am pleased to find you think they may be printed with a good prospect of success; in as much as the objections you mention, I humbly conceive, are such as may be redargued, if not entirely removed—And, first, in the first place, as touching what prosecutions may arise from printing the private correspondence of persons still living, give me leave, with all due submission, to observe, that the Letters in question were not written and sent under the seal of secrecy; that they have no tendency to the mala fama, or prejudice of any person whatsoever; but rather to the information and edification of mankind: so that it becometh a sort of duty to promulgate them in usum publicum. Besides, I have consulted Mr Davy Higgins, an eminent attorney of this place, who, after due inspection and consideration, declareth, That he doth not think the said Letters contain any matter which will be held actionable in the eye of the law. Finally, if you and I should come to a right understanding, I do declare in verbo sacerdotis, that, in case of any such prosecution, I will take the whole upon my own shoulders, even quoad fine and imprisonment, though, I must confess, I should not care to undergo flagellation: Tam ad turpitudinem, quam ad amaritudinem poenoe spectans—Secondly, concerning the personal resentment of Mr Justice Lismahago, I may say, non flocci facio—I would not willingly vilipend any Christian, if, peradventure, he deserveth that epithet: albeit, I am much surprised that more care is not taken to exclude from the commission all such vagrant foreigners as may be justly suspected of disaffection to our happy constitution, in church and state—God forbid that I should be so uncharitable, as to affirm, positively, that the said Lismahago is no better than a Jesuit in disguise; but this I will assert and maintain, totis viribus, that, from the day he qualified, he has never been once seen intra templi parietes, that is to say, within the parish church.
T. Smollett
THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
To Mr HENRY DAVIS, Bookseller, in London.
ABERGAVENNY, Aug. 4.
To the Revd. Mr JONATHAN DUSTWICH, at—
SIR,
THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER
To Dr LEWIS.
DOCTOR,
To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall.
MRS GWILLIM,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Mrs JERMYN at her house in Gloucester.
DEAR MADAM,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAREST LETTY,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS,
To Miss LYDIA MELFORD.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
HOT WELL, April 18.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
HOT WELL, April 20.
To Dr LEWIS.
HOT WELL, April 20.
To Miss LETTY WILLIS, at Gloucester
HOT WELL, April 21.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
BATH, April 24.
To Dr LEWIS. BATH, April 23. DEAR DOCTOR,
To Miss WILLIS at Gloucester. BATH, April 26. MY DEAREST COMPANION,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MOLLY JONES,
To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall.
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAR LETTY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
To Dr LEWIS.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MOLLY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Dr LEWIS.
DOCTER LEWS,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAR LETTY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MARY JONES,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAR LETTY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR MARY,
To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall. MRS GWYLLIM,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Dr LEWIS.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MARY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAREST LETTY,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MARY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Mrs GWILLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall.
MRS GWYLLIM,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR LEWIS,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
DEAR MARY JONES,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAR LETTY,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR WATKIN,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon.
DEAR PHILLIPS,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Dr LEWIS.
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon.
DEAR WAT,
To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester.
MY DEAR, DEAR LETTY,
To Mrs JERMYN, at her house in Gloucester.
DEAR MADAM,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
O MARY JONES! MARY JONES!
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DICK,
To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon.
DEAR KNIGHT,
To Dr LEWIS.
DEAR DOCTOR,
To Mrs GWYLLIM, at Brambleton-hall.
GOOD MRS GWYLLIM,
To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall.
MRS JONES,