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Search - The Works Of Tobias Smollett: The Adventures Of Roderick Random: Part I.

The Works Of Tobias Smollett The Adventures Of Roderick Random Part I
Author: Tobias George Smollett

THE WORKS OF TOBIAS SMOLLETT IN TWELVE VOLUMES - VOLUME ONE- CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Of my birth and parentage . 1 CHAPTER TWO I grow up - Am hated by my relations - Sent to school - Neglected by my grandfather - Maltreated by my master - Seasoned to adversity - I form cabals against the pedant - Am debarred access to my grandfather - Hunted by his... more » heir-I demolish the teeth of his tutor . 8 CHAPTER THREE My mothers brother arrives - Relieves me - A description of him - He goes along with me to the house of my grandfather - Is encountered by his dogs - Defeats them, after a bloody engagement - Is admitted to the old - A dialogue between them . . g . ent . lem . at1 . 15 CONTENTS CHAPTER FOUR PAGE My grandfather makes his will - Our second visit - He dies - His will is read in presence of all his living descendants - The disappointment of Irly female cousins - My uncles behaviour . . 23 CHAPTER FIVE Tlie schoolmaster uses me barbarously - I form a project of revenge, in which I am assisted by my uncle --I leave the village - Am settled at an university by his generosity . . . . . . 29 CHAPTER SIX I make great progress in my studies - Am caressed by everybody - My female cousins take notice of me - I reject their invitation - They are incensed, and conspire against me - I am left destitute by a misfortune that befalls my uncle - Gawkys treachery - My revenge . . . . 37 CHAPTER SEVEN I ain entertained by Mr. Crabb - A description of Ilinl-I acquire the art of surgery - Consult Cc1 bb s disposition --Become necessary to hini - An accident happens - He advises me to launch out into the world - Assists me with money - I set out for London . . . . . 48 CONTENTS CHAPTER EIGHT PAGE I arrive at Newcastle - Meet with my old schoolfellow, Strap - We determine to walk together to London - Set out on our journey-Put up at a solitary ale-house-Are disturbed by strange adventure in the night . . . . a . 5 9 CHAPTER NINE We proceed on our journey - Are overtaken by an highwayman, who fires at Strap - Is prevented from shooting me by a company of horsemen, who ride in pursuit of him - Strap is put to bed at an inn-Adventures at that inn . 71 CHAPTER TEN The highwayman is taken - We are detained as evidence against him-Proceed to the nest village - He escapes - We arrive at another inn, where we go to bed-In the night we are awaked by a dreadful adventure - Next night we lodge at the house of a schoolmaster O u r tr eatment there . . . . . . . . 8 0 CHAPTER ELEVEN We descry the waggon-Get into it - Amve at an inn - Our fellow-travellers described - A mistake is committed by Strap, which produces strange things . . . . . . . . . . . 9 0 vii CONTENTS CHAPTER TWELVE PAGE Captain Weazel challenges Strap, who declines the combat - An affair between the captain and me - The usurer is fain to give Miss Jenny five guineas for a release - We are in danger of losing a meal - The behaviour of Weazel, Jenny, and Joey, on that occasion-An account of Captain Weazel and his lady - The courage tried - Isaacs mirth at the expense . . . . . . . . t . he . cap . ta . ins . 102 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Strap and I are terrified by an apparition - Straps conjecture - The mystery explained by Joey - We arrive at London - Our dress and appearance described - We are insulted in the street - An adventure in an ale-house - We are imposed upon by a waggish footman - Set to rights by a tobacconist - Take lodgings - Dive for a dinner-An accident at our ordinary . . . . . . . . . . . ...

ISBN-13: 9781408621424
ISBN-10: 1408621428
Publication Date: 1/31/2008
Pages: 260
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