Travels Through France And Italy, Tobias Smollett [love novels in english .TXT] 📗
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Dictionnaire.
Tip. To "Tip The Wink" Is Found In Addison's Tatler (No. 86), But
"To Tip" In The Sense Of To Gratify Is Not Common Before
Smollett, Who Uses It More Than Once Or Twice In This Sense (Cf.
Roderick Random, Chap. Xiv. Ad Fin.)
Valanches. For Avalanches (Dangers From To Travellers, See Letter
Xxxviii).
Villeggiatura. An Early Adaptation By Smollett Of The Italian
Word For Country Retirement (Letter Xxix).
Appendix 3 Pg 326
Currency Of Savoy In The Time Of Smollett.
Ten Bajocci=One Paolo (6d.).
Ten Paoli=One Scudo (Six Livres Or About 5s.).
Two Scudi=One Zequin.
Two Zequin=One Louid'or.
Afterword. -I Should Be Ungrateful Were I Not To Create An
Epilogue For The Express Purpose Of Thanking M. Morel, H. S
Spencer Scott, Dr. Norman Moore, W. P. Courtney, G. Whale, D. S.
Maccoll, Walter Sichel (There May Be Others), Who Have Supplied
Hints For My Annotations, And I Should Like Further, If One Might
Inscribe Such A Trifle, To Inscribe This To That Difficult
Critic, Mr. Arthur Vincent, Who, When I Told Him I Was About It,
Gave Expression To The Cordial Regret That So Well Hidden A
Treasure Of Our Literature (As He Regarded The Travels) Was To Be
"Vulgarised."
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