Volume 1

The adventures of Roderick Random : in two volumes / By T. Smollet.

  • Tobias Smollett
Date:
Sept. 24, 1794
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Credit: The adventures of Roderick Random : in two volumes / By T. Smollet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    telling him the fcheme I had concerted, which he heard with great fatisfaion, at every fentence fquirting out a mouthful of fpittle, tinéured with tobacco, of which he conftantly chewed a large quid. At laft, pulling up his breeches, he cried, ** No, no, Z—ds! that won’t do nei- “© ther—-howfomever, ’tis a bold undertaking, my lad—. <¢ that I muft fay, i faith !—but lookee, lookee, how doft ** propofe to get clear off ?—-won’t the enemy give chace, “< my bov?—ay, ay, that he wall, lwarrant—and dlarm the «© whole coaft—ah ! God help thee, more fail than ballaft, << Rory—Let me alone for that—leave the whole to me «¢ —-[’]l fhew him the fore-top-fail, I will—IlIf fo be «¢ your fhip-mates are jolly boys, and won’t flinch, you «« thail fee, you fhall fee; egad, Pll play him a falt-wa- — ** ter trick—T11 bring him to the gang-way, and anoint «¢ him with a cat and nine tails; he fhall havea round’ “€ dozen doubled, my lad, he dhall—and be left, lafhed, te “<¢ his meditations.”? We were very proud of our affociate, who immediately went to work, and prepared the inftru-. ment of his revenge with great fkill and expedition ; after which he erdered our baggage to be packed up and fent™ offa day before our attempt, and got herfes ready to be mounted as foon as the affair fhould be over. At length — the hour arrived, when our auxiliary, feizing the oppor- tunity of the ufher’s abfence, bolted in, fecured the door, and immediately laid hold of the pedant by his collar, who bawled out, ‘© Murder! Thieves !”—w.ith the voice of a Stentor. ThoughI trembled all over like an afpen leaf, I knew there was no time to be loft, and accordingly got — up, and fummoned our affociates to my affiftance. Strap without any hefitation obeyed the fignal, and, feeing me leap upon the mafter’s back, ran immediately to one of his. legs, which pulling with all his force, his dreadful adver- fary was humbled to the ground: upon: which Gawky, who lad hitherto remained in his place under’the influence of an univerfal trepidation, haftened to the {cene of aétion, © and infulted the fallen tyrant with aloud huzza, in which © the whole fchool joined. This neife alarmed the ufher, who, finding himfelf fhut out, endeavoured, partly by” threats, and partly by entreaties, to procure admiffion. | My uncle bade him have alittle patience, and he would’ let him in prefently ; but, if he pretended to move from MGCL, | c. |
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