Copy 1, Volume 2

The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. with memoirs of his life and writings / by R. Anderson.

  • Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.
Date:
1806
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Credit: The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. with memoirs of his life and writings / by R. Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These circumstances being premised, it is not to be won¬ dered at if this triumvirate made no objections to the pro¬ posal, when some of the grave personages of the company made a motion for adjourning into another apartment, where they might enjoy their pipes and bottles, while the young folks indulged themselves in the continuance of their own favourite diversion.. Thus rescued, as it were, from a state of annihilation, the first use the two lads of the castle made of their existence was to ply the bridegroom so hard with bumpers that, in less than an hour, he made divers efforts to sing, and soon after was carried to bed, deprived of all man¬ ner of sensation, to the utter disappointment of the bride men and maids, who, by this accident, were prevented from throwing the stocking, and performing certain other cere¬ monies practised on such occasions. As for the bride, she bore this misfortune with great good humour; and, indeed, on all occasions, behaved like a discreet woman, perfectly well acquainted with the nature of her own situation. CHAPTER V. Mrs. Pickle assumes the reins of government in her oivn family.. .. Her sister-in-law undertakes an enterprise of great moment. . . . hut is for some time diverted from her purpose by a very interesting con¬ sideration. hatever deference, not to say submission, she had paid to Mrs. Grizzle before she was so nearly allied to her family, she no sooner became Mrs. Pickle than she thought it in¬ cumbent upon her to act up to the dignity of the character ; and the very day after the marriage ventured to dispute w ith her sister-in-law on the subject of her own pedigree, which she affirmed to be more honourable in all respects than that of her husband; observing that several younger brothers of her house had arrived at the station of lord mayor of Lon¬ don, which was the highest pitch of greatness that any of Mr. Pickle’s predecessors had ever attained. This presumption was like a tli nderbolt to Mrs. Grizzle, who began to perceive that she had not succeeded quite so