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" ... had got either a scald head, or a broken head, both equally opprobrious. He forthwith leaped up in a fury, and snatching one of his pistols, threatened to put the ostler to death, when another squall from the women checked his resentment. He then... "
The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: The expedition of Humphrey ... - Page 209
by Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820
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The expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 420 pages
...piftol, which he replaced, adjufted his wig in great confufion, and led his horfe into the ftable — By this time I had come to the door, and could not help gazing at the ftrange figure that prefented itfelf to my view — Fie would have meafured above fix feet in height,...
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The expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the author of Roderick Random, Volume 2

Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 254 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced ; adjusted his wig...in the shoulders, and very thick in the calves of his legs, which were cased in black spat.terdashes — As for his thighs, they were long and slender,...
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces ..., Volume 31, Part 2

English literature - 1820 - 254 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced; adjusted his wig in great confusion, and ledhis horse into the stable—By this time I had come to the door, and could not help gazing at the...
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Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers: With Critical and Biographical ...

Fiction - 1827 - 446 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced ; adjusted his wig...in the shoulders, and very thick in the calves of his legs, which were cased in black spatterdashes — As for his thighs they were long and slender,...
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Specimens of the Novelists and Romancers: With Critical and ..., Volume 1

Richard Griffin - 1831 - 228 pages
...to death, when another 208 SMOLLETT. — squall from the woman checked his resentment. He thenbowed to the window, while he kissed the but-end of his...in the shoulders, and very thick in the calves of his legs, which were cased in black spatterdashes. — As for his thighs they were long and slender,...
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1836 - 436 pages
...squall from rhe women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the but-enii of his pistol, which he replaced, adjusted his wig...confusion, and led his horse into the stable. By this time 1 had come to the door, and could no\ help gazing at the strange figure that presented itself to my...
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Humphry Clinker. With illustr. by Phiz, Volume 603

Tobias George Smollett - 1857 - 338 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced, adjusted his wig...view. He would have measured above six feet in height, Bad he stood upright ; but he stooped very much, was very narrow in the shoulders, and very thick in...
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The Works of Tobias Smollett ...

Tobias George Smollett - 1902 - 860 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced, adjusted his wig...and could not help gazing at the strange figure that A STRANGE CAVALIER presented itself to my view. He would have measured above six feet in height, had...
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English Literature: From Milton to Johnson, by Edmund Goose

Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - English literature - 1903 - 512 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced, adjusted his wig...great confusion, and led his horse into the stable. With the work of these four novelists, whose best thoughts were given to fiction, were associated two...
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From Milton to Johnson

Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 504 pages
...squall from the women checked his resentment. He then bowed to the window, while he kissed the butt-end of his pistol, which he replaced, adjusted his wig...great confusion, and led his horse into the stable. With the work of these four novelists, whose best thoughts were given to fiction, were associated two...
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