Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)Author of The Expedition of Humphry ClinkerAlso known as: T Smolett, T. Smollett, Dr. Smollett, Tobias Smollet, Tobia Smollett, Tobias Smollet ... (see complete list), Tobias Smollett, Tobias G. Smollett, Tobias George Smollet, Tobias George Smollett, Tobias George Smollett, Tobias George] [Smollett, Tobias; Machen, Arthur [intro] Smollet, Tobias ; Ross Smollett, Angus (introduction and no
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Smelfungus is a name given by Laurence Sterne to Tobias Smollett as author of a volume of Travels through France and Italy, for the snarling abuse he heaps on the institutions and customs of the countries he visited. In the 19th century it was adopted by Thomas Carlyle as a pen-name when he had any seriously severe criticisms to offer on things, particularly those that have gone or are going to the bad. Patrick Proctor Alexander also used the name in his book Mill and Carlyle, which contrasted Carlyle's views with those of John Stuart Mill. Proctor's Occasional Discourse on Sauertieg by Smelfungus attacks Carlyle's more brutal ideas.
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