"[B]ut Tom Clarke, who seemed to have cast the eyes of affection upon the landlady's eldest daughter, Dolly, objected to their proceeding farther without rest and refreshment, as they had already travelled fifty miles since morning; and he was sure his uncle must be fatigued both in mind and body, from vexation as well as from a hard exercise, to which he had not been accustomed."
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
24 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1767, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1786, 1787, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1800).<br>
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<u>The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By the Author of Roderick Random.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Coote, 1762).<br>
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Note, first published serially in 25 consecutive issues of <u>The British Magazine</u> (January 1, 1760 to January 1, 1762), the novel was longest work of fiction yet to be serialized and the first to be illustrated.