Tobias Smollett

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Tobias George Smollett (19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens. Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the son of a judge and land-owner, and was educated at the University of Glasgow, qualifying as a surgeo

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Quotes

• “Facts are stubborn things.”
• “Thy spirit, Independence, let me share,Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye.Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.”
• “Those sculptur'd halls my feet shall never tread,Where varnish'd vice and vanity combin'd,To dazzle and seduce, their banners spread,And forge vile shackles for the free-born mind.”
• “Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.”
• “Thy fatal shafts unerring move,I bow before thine altar, Love!”
• “Keen are the pangsOf hapless love, and passion unapprov'd:But where consenting wishes meet, and vowsReciprocally breath'd, confirm the tie,Joy rolls on joy, an inexhausted stream!And virtue crowns the sacred scene.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1721-03-19 ) 19 March 1721, Dalquhurn , Scotland

Died

17 September 1771 (1771-09-17) (aged 50), Livorno , Tuscany

Occupation

Writer, surgeon

Alma mater

University of Glasgow , University of Edinburgh , University of Aberdeen

Period

1748–1771

Genre

Picaresque , satire

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