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Definition of Smollett
1. Noun. Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smollett
Literary usage of Smollett
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Development of the English Novel by Wilbur Lucius Cross (1899)
"Tobias Smollett The first novels of Tobias Smollett appeared when Richardson and
... Smollett and Fielding professed the same source of inspiration — Spain. ..."
2. The Development of the English Novel by Wilbur Lucius Cross (1899)
"Tobias Smollett The first novels of Tobias Smollett appeared when Richardson and
... Smollett and Fielding professed the same source of inspiration — Spain. ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"Translated ... by T. Smollett. Ornamented with engravings by the first masters,
... A revised translation, based on those of Motteux, Jarvis, and Smollett. ..."
4. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"Then Smollett, whose health was extremely bad, journeyed to France and Italy,
publishing in 1766, after his return, a very ill-tempered book of Travels. ..."
5. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"CHAPTER II Fielding and Smollett THE two novelists with whom this chapter is to
deal were very different in character, aims and achievement. ..."
6. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality —a true tale (of Lady Vane), for inserting which
Smollett was bribed by a sum of money—mark the most humiliating episode in ..."
7. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"Smollett with Amelia's wicked sister in keeping her out of an estate are brought to
... Smollett Where Fielding had acknowledged dependence upon Cervantes, ..."
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