The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 2
Then there have been so many letters upon travels lately published--What between Smollett's, Sharp's, Derrick's, Thicknesse's, Baltimore's, and Baretti's, together with Shandy's Sentimental Travels, the public seems to be cloyed with that kind of entertainment--Nevertheless, I will, if you please, run the risque of printing and publishing, and you shall have half the profits of the impression--You need not take the trouble to bring up your sermons on my account--No body reads sermons but Methodists and Dissenters--Besides, for my own part, I am quite a stranger to that sort of reading; and the two persons, whose judgment I depended upon in those matters, are out of the way; one is gone abroad, carpenter of a man of war; and the other, has been silly enough to abscond, in order to avoid a prosecution for blasphemy--I'm a great loser by his going off--He has left a manual of devotion half finished on my hands, after having received money for the whole copy--He was the soundest divine, and had the most orthodox pen of all my people; and I never knew his judgment fail, but in flying from his bread and butter on this occasion.
Il a été publié tant de lettres sur les voyages dernièrement -- Entre celles de Smollett, de Sharp, de Derrick, de Thicknesse, de Baltimore et de Baretti, ainsi que les Voyages sentimentaux de Shandy, le public semble être rassasié de ce genre de divertissement -- Néanmoins, si vous le souhaitez, je courrai le risque d'imprimer et de publier, et vous aurez la moitié des bénéfices du tirage -- Vous n'avez pas besoin de vous donner la peine d'apporter vos sermons pour moi -- Personne ne lit les sermons, à l'exception des Méthodistes et des Dissidents -- De plus, pour ma part, je suis tout à fait étranger à ce genre de lecture ; et les deux personnes dont je dépendais pour leur jugement en ces matières sont hors de portée ; l'une est partie à l'étranger, comme charpentier sur un vaisseau de guerre ; et l'autre a été assez sot pour s'esquiver, afin d'éviter des poursuites pour blasphème -- Je suis grand perdant de son départ -- Il m'a laissé sur les bras un manuel de dévotion à moitié terminé, après avoir reçu de l'argent pour la copie entière -- C'était le théologien le plus solide, et il avait la plume la plus orthodoxe de toutes mes gens ; et je n'ai jamais vu son jugement défaillir, sauf en fuyant ainsi son gagne-pain en cette occasion.
By owning you was not put in bodily fear by Lismahago, you preclude yourself from the benefit of a good plea, over and above the advantage of binding him over.
En avouant que vous n'avez pas été mis en crainte physique par Lismahago, vous vous privez du bénéfice d'un bon moyen de défense, sans compter l'avantage de le faire comparaître devant la justice.
In the late war, I inserted in my evening paper, a paragraph that came by the post, reflecting upon the behaviour of a certain regiment in battle.
Durant la dernière guerre, j'ai inséré dans mon journal du soir un paragraphe reçu par courrier, portant atteinte au comportement d'un certain régiment au combat.
Vocabulary
- été
- Past participle of 'être'; been
- publié
- Past participle of 'publier'; published
- tant
- So many, so much
- lettres
- Letters, written correspondence or literature
- voyages
- Trips, journeys, or travels
- dernièrement
- Recently, lately, in recent times
- celles
- Feminine plural pronoun meaning 'those ones'
- ainsi
- Thus, so, in this way
- Voyages
- Travels, journeys; also title word in travel literature
- sentimentaux
- Sentimental, emotional; relating to feeling
- public
- The public, general audience, or readership
- semble
- Seems, appears; third person singular of 'sembler'
- être
- To be; fundamental French verb of existence
- rassasié
- Satiated, full, satisfied to excess
- genre
- Genre, type, kind, or sort
- divertissement
- Entertainment, amusement, or diversion
- Néanmoins
- Nevertheless, however, yet, notwithstanding
- souhaitez
- You wish, desire; second person plural of 'souhaiter'
- courrai
- I will run; future tense of 'courir'
- risque
- Risk, danger, hazard
- imprimer
- To print, to press, to publish
- publier
- To publish, to make public, to release
- aurez
- You will have; future tense of 'avoir'
- moitié
- Half, one half of something
- bénéfices
- Profits, benefits, gains from a venture
- tirage
- Print run, edition, or circulation of a publication
- besoin
- Need, necessity; 'avoir besoin de' means to need
- donner
- To give, to provide, to hand over
- peine
- Trouble, effort, sorrow, or penalty
- apporter
- To bring, to carry something to a place
- sermons
- Sermons, religious or moral speeches
- Personne
- Nobody, no one; or a person
- lit
- Reads; third person singular of 'lire'
- exception
- Exception, exclusion from a general rule
- Dissidents
- Dissenters, those who dissent from official religion
- part
- Part, share, side, or portion
- étranger
- Stranger, foreigner, or unfamiliar with something
- lecture
- Reading, the act of reading text
- personnes
- Persons, people, individuals
- dont
- Whose, of which, from which; relative pronoun
- dépendais
- I depended on; imperfect tense of 'dépendre'
- jugement
- Judgment, opinion, assessment, or verdict
- matières
- Matters, subjects, topics, or materials
- hors
- Outside, beyond, out of reach
- portée
- Reach, range, scope; past participle of 'porter'
- partie
- Left, departed; part or game; feminine of 'parti'
- charpentier
- Carpenter, woodworker, shipwright
- vaisseau
- Ship, vessel; also blood vessel in anatomy
- guerre
- War, warfare, armed conflict
- assez
- Enough, rather, quite, sufficiently
- sot
- Foolish, stupid; a fool or dunce
- esquiver
- To dodge, evade, slip away from something
- afin
- In order to; 'afin de' means so as to
- éviter
- To avoid, to evade, to prevent something
- poursuites
- Prosecutions, legal proceedings, pursuits
- blasphème
- Blasphemy, irreverent speech against the sacred
- perdant
- Loser; losing; present participle of 'perdre'
- départ
- Departure, leaving, start of a journey
- laissé
- Left behind; past participle of 'laisser'
- bras
- Arm; arms of the body
- manuel
- Manual, handbook; also adjective meaning manual
- dévotion
- Devotion, piety, religious dedication
- terminé
- Finished, completed, ended
- reçu
- Received; past participle of 'recevoir'
- argent
- Money; also silver the metal
- copie
- Copy, manuscript, duplicate of a document
- entière
- Entire, whole, complete; feminine adjective
- théologien
- Theologian, scholar of religious theology
- solide
- Solid, strong, reliable, substantial
- plume
- Pen, quill, feather; writing instrument
- orthodoxe
- Orthodox, adhering to established religious doctrine
- gens
- People, folk, individuals in a group
- jamais
- Never; ever (in questions or with negation)
- vu
- Seen; past participle of 'voir'
- défaillir
- To faint, fail, falter, or give way
- sauf
- Except, save for, unless; also safe
- fuyant
- Fleeing, running away; present participle of 'fuir'
- gagne-pain
- Livelihood, means of earning one's living
- occasion
- Occasion, opportunity, circumstance, or event
- avouant
- Admitting, confessing; present participle of 'avouer'
- mis
- Put, placed; past participle of 'mettre'
- crainte
- Fear, apprehension, dread of something
- physique
- Physical, bodily; also physics as a subject
- privez
- You deprive; second person plural of 'priver'
- bénéfice
- Benefit, profit, advantage, or gain
- moyen
- Means, way, method; also adjective meaning medium
- défense
- Defense, prohibition, protection, or ban
- sans
- Without; preposition indicating absence or lack
- compter
- To count, to reckon, to consider
- avantage
- Advantage, benefit, favorable position or gain
- faire
- To do, to make; fundamental French verb
- comparaître
- To appear in court, to come before justice
- devant
- Before, in front of; preposition of position
- justice
- Justice, fairness, law, or legal system
- Durant
- During, throughout; preposition indicating time span
- dernière
- Last, latest, most recent; feminine adjective
- inséré
- Inserted, included; past participle of 'insérer'
- journal
- Newspaper, diary, or daily journal
- soir
- Evening, the time of day after afternoon
- paragraphe
- Paragraph, a section of written text
- courrier
- Mail, courier, correspondence, or messenger
- portant
- Bearing, carrying; present participle of 'porter'
- atteinte
- Attack, harm, infringement upon someone or something
- comportement
- Behavior, conduct, manner of acting
- certain
- Certain, a particular, some specific thing or person
- régiment
- Regiment, a military unit of soldiers
- combat
- Combat, fight, battle, or struggle
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