The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding].

  • Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Date:
1755
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Credit: The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ner, as did a young lady of her filter, who was proceeding with ihy wtife to Lifbon. They both fet out togetliSt^in a poft-chaife for London. it jnrr Soon after their departure, out* ca¬ bin, where my wife and '.I were fitting together, was vifited by two fdffiaiis, whofe appearance greatly correfponded with that of the ffierifPs, or rather the knight marfhaFs bailiffs. One of tbejffe, efpecially, who feemed to affedt a more than ordinary degree of rudenefs arid infolence. came in without any kind of • 9 * ceremony, with a broad gold lace on his hat, which was cocked with much military fiercenefs on his head. An inkhorn at his button-hole, and fome papers in his hand, Efficiently affured me what he was, and I afked him if lie and his companion were not cuftom- houfe officers ; he anfwered with fuffi- cient dignity, that they were, as an in¬ formation which he feemed to con¬ clude would ftrike the hearer with awe, and fupprefs all further inquiry $ but,