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The Works Of Tobias Smollett: The Adventures Of Roderick Random: Part II.
The Works Of Tobias Smollett The Adventures Of Roderick Random Part II Author:Tobias George Smollett CONTENTS -- CHAITER TWENTY-TWO PAGE The history of Miss Williams . l . 1 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE She is interrupted by a bailiff, who arrests and carries her to the Marshalsea - I accompany her - Bring witnesses to prove she is not the person named in the writ - The bailiff is fain to give her s present and discharge her - We shift our lodging - Sh... more »e resumes her story, and ends it - My reflections thereupon - She makes me acquainted with the progress of a common woman of the town - Resolves to quit that way o f l i f e . . . 1 8 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR I am reduced to great misery-Assaulted on Tower Hill by a press-gang, who put me on board a tendey --My usage there - My arrival on board of the T zunder man-of-war, where I v1 CONTENTS PAGE l r l p ut in irons, 1nd afterwards released by the g il ofices of AI I.. IO IISOII w , ho recomnlellds l r c . L . sist t t t i o tllc surgeon --He relates his I S I 1li ili s 1l1c rcqu lir ted wit11 the c. ll l. c tch o rs f 1 cirl t ri r, s urgeoil, and first 1l1 tte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 1 1 o r of 31 r . 31 ol. g ilr --I Iis pride, dis- 1 lt s lr La. I g I t . 1 t cl. ostyi - I h chco io o n f y o ul I I 1t. s 1 chs I . t i h f o s S o f ui tIic-f t iericl s l l i f - I l c I I L L o f I I lry c i rtyc splairled - lhe situ tio c i l t l l h s ick . . . . . . . . . 48 i d i s r e t i ccli clc n t happens to me ill the discaJi rgth o f 111y o ffice - hlorg ll so schis offe lcled - , A 1 i l r g i. o t b I chtwcc hi, 1 11 itlrcl tllc slli ist ew- L I - - - II c s rnin ttio l I , fild 111ol-e causes of o l l l l i t h l i t l l 0 11 --My hair is cut off--Rlorg l s Oolicr - v - Lllc inirilnei o f slt. q ilig or1 l - I ill11 -irked i l l tllc iligllt by i k dreadfill rioisc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 I rqui t. ch e friendship of the surgeon, who pro eurths L W LI. ELI f i r inc, rldrn rkes ille a present of clotllcs --A battle between a midsllipman 111ci nre -- l l e snlyclon le cves the ship --The capt li l colnths olr Lo rrd with another surgeon L V l CONTENTS PAGE - A dialogue between the captain and Morgan - The sick are ordered to be brought upon the quarter-deck and examined - The consequences of that order - A madman accuses Morgan, and is set at liberty by command of the captain, whom he instantly attacks and pommels witho u t m e r c y . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT The captain, enraged, threatens to put the madman to death with his own hand - Is diverted from that resolution by the arguments and persuasions of the first lieutenant and surgeon - We set sail for St. Helens, join the fleet under the command of Sir C-n-r O-le, and proceed for the West Indies - Are overtaken by a terrible tempest - My friend, Jack Rattlin, has his leg broke by a fall from the mainyard - The behaviour of Dr. Mackshane - Jack opposes the amputation of his limb, in which he is seconded by Morgan and me, who undertake the cure, and perform it successfully . . . ...« less