ISBN: 9781544647234

Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings … More...

Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing familiar scenes in an uncommon and amusing point of view, invests them with all the graces of novelty, while nature is appealed to in every particular. The reader gratifies his curiosity in pursuing the adventures of a person in whose favour he is prepossessed; he espouses his cause, he sympathises with him in his distress, his indignation is heated against the authors of his calamity: the humane passions are inflamed; the contrast between dejected virtue and insulting vice appears with greater aggravation, and every impression having a double force on the imagination, the memory retains the circumstance, and the heart improves by the example. The attention is not tired with a bare catalogue of characters, but agreeably diverted with all the variety of invention; and the vicissitudes of life appear in their peculiar circumstances, opening an ample field for wit and humour.Romance, no doubt, owes its origin to ignorance, vanity, and superstition. In the dark ages of the World, when a man had rendered himself famous for wisdom or valour, his family and adherents availed themselves of his superior qualities, magnified his virtues, and represented his character and person as sacred and supernatural. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781544647234

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occa… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing familiar scenes in an uncommon and amusing point of view, invests them with all the graces of novelty, while nature is appealed to in every particular. The reader gratifies his curiosity in pursuing the adventures of a person in whose favour he is prepossessed; he espouses his cause, he sympathises with him in his distress, his indignation is heated against the authors of his calamity: the humane passions are inflamed; the contrast between dejected virtue and insulting vice appears with greater aggravation, and every impression having a double force on the imagination, the memory retains the circumstance, and the heart improves by the example. The attention is not tired with a bare catalogue of characters, but agreeably diverted with all the variety of invention; and the vicissitudes of life appear in their peculiar circumstances, opening an ample field for wit and humour.<

ISBN: 9781544647234

A tale of adventure and romance, it is written with great humor and panache. The memorable scenes on board ship which provide an invaluable picture of the British sailor of the day, are … More...

A tale of adventure and romance, it is written with great humor and panache. The memorable scenes on board ship which provide an invaluable picture of the British sailor of the day, are drawn from Smollett's personal experience as a surgeon's mate in the navy. Roderick is the boisterous and unprincipled hero who answers life's many misfortunes with a sledgehammer. Left penniless by his grandfather, a judge, he leaves his native Scotland for London. On the way he meets an old schoolfellow, Strap, who accompanies him on his journey. Together they undergo many adventures at the hands of rogues. While in London Roderick qualifies as a surgeon's mate. He is pressed as a common sailor on board the man-of-war Thunder, and after much misery and ill-treatment returns to England. Here he falls in love with the ravishing Narcissa... Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

2017, ISBN: 1544647239

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ISBN: 9781544647234

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