ハンフリー・クリンカー — トバイアス・スモレット
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title : The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Author : T. Smollett Release date : April 1, 2000 [eBook #2160] Most recently updated: October 15, 2025 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2160 Credits : Produced by Martin Adamson, Andreas Philipp, and David Widger *** START OF To the Revd. Mr JONATHAN DUSTWICH, at— THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Mrs JERMYN at her house in Gloucester. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Dr LEWIS. To Miss LYDIA MELFORD. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Miss LETTY WILLIS, at Gloucester To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. 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. To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall, &c. To Mrs GWYLLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall. MRS GWYLLIM, To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart of Jesus college, Oxon. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Dr LEWIS. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs GWILLIM, house-keeper at Brambleton-hall. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Mrs JERMYN, at her house in Gloucester. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs GWYLLIM, at Brambleton-hall. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Mr HENRY DAVIS, Bookseller, in London. ABERGAVENNY, Aug. 4. 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. Thirdly, with respect to what passed at Mr Kendal’s table, when the said Lismahago was so brutal in his reprehensions, I must inform you, my good Sir, that I was obliged to retire, not by fear arising from his minatory