The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding].

  • Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754
Date:
1755
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The journal of a voyage to Lisbon / [Henry Fielding]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO LISBON, || which I well knew I had no title 5 as all other fuch philofophers may, if they have any modefty, confefs on the like occafions. In two hours we arrived in Redriffe, and immediately went on board, and were to have failed the next morning; but as this was the king’s proclamation- day, and confequently a holiday at the Cuftom-houfe, the captain could not clear his veffel till the Thurfday : for * * thefe holidays are as ftridtly obferved as thofe in the popifh calendar, and are almoft as numerous. I might add, that both are oppofite to the genius of trade, and confequently contra bonum w. To go on board the (hip it was ne« ceffary firft to go into a boat ; a matter of no fmall difficulty, as I had no ufe of my limbs, and was to be carried by men, who tho’ fufficiently ft rang for their burden, were, like Archimedes, puzzled to find a fteady footing. Of this,