Humphry Clinker (1771) [ Places ]
… has, nevertheless, an air of magnificence that commands respect.—The castle is an instance of the sublime in scite and architecture.—Its fortifications are kept in good order, and there is always in it a garrison of regular soldiers, which … which the Scots were in a great measure deprived of their trade with France.—The palace of Holyrood-house is a jewel in architecture, thrust into a hollow where it cannot be seen; a situation which was certainly not chosen by the ingenious … in conversation as they are instructive and entertaining in their writings." … Fiction … Scotland … Correspondence … Architecture … Tobias George Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. By the Author of Roderick Random. In two …
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