The History of Henry Esmond 亨利·埃斯蒙德
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The History of Henry Esmond 亨利·埃斯蒙德

Type: Celebrity Biographies
Chapters: 45Chapters
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Introduction

简介: TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM BINGHAM, LORD ASHBURTON. MY DEAR LORD, The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Annes time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to you...

Chapter List

1. PREFACE 2. Book I 3. Chapter 1 An Account of the Family of Esmond of Castlewood Ha 4. Chapter 2 Relates How Francis, Fourth Viscount, Arrives at Ca 5. Chapter 3 Whither in the Time of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Ha 6. Chapter 4 I am Placed Under a Popish Priest and Bred to That 7. Chapter 5 My Superiors Are Engaged in Plots for the Restorati 8. Chapter 6 The Issue of the Plots. — The Death of Thomas, Th 9. Chapter 7 I Am Left at Castlewood an Orphan, and Find Most Ki 10. Chapter 8 After Good Fortune Comes Evil 11. Chapter 9 I Have the Small-Pox, and Prepare to Leave Castlewo 12. Chapter 10 I Go to Cambridge, and Do But Little Good There 13. Chapter 11 I Come Home for a Holiday to Castlewood, and Find 14. Chapter 12 My Lord Mohun Comes Among Us for No Good 15. Chapter 13 My Lord Leaves Us and His Evil Behind Him 16. Chapter 14 We Ride After Him to London 17. Book II 18. Chapter 1 I Am in Prison, and Visited, But Not Consoled There 19. Chapter 2 I Come to the End of My Captivity, But Not of My Tr 20. Chapter 3 I Take the Queen’s Pay in Quin’s Regiment 21. Chapter 4 Recapitulations 22. Chapter 5 I Go On the Vigo Bay Expedition, Taste Salt-Water a 23. Chapter 6 The 29th December 24. Chapter 7 I Am Made Welcome at Walcote 25. Chapter 8 Family Talk 26. Chapter 9 I Make the Campaign of 1704 27. Chapter 10 An Old Story About a Fool and a Woman 28. Chapter 11 The Famous Mr. Joseph Addison 29. Chapter 12 I Get a Company in the Campaign of 1706 30. Chapter 13 I Meet an Old Acquaintance in Flanders, and Find M 31. Chapter 14 The Campaign of 1707, 1708 32. Chapter 15 General Webb Wins the Battle of Wynendael 33. Book III 34. Chapter 1 Come to an End of My Battles and Bruises 35. Chapter 2 I Go Home, and Harp On the Old String 36. Chapter 3 A Paper Out of the “spectator.” 37. Chapter 4 Beatrix’s New Suitor 38. Chapter 5 Mohun Appears for the Last Time in This History 39. Chapter 6 Poor Beatrix 40. Chapter 7 I Visit Castlewood Once More 41. Chapter 8 I Travel to France and Bring Home a Portrait of Rig 42. Chapter 9 The Original of the Portrait Comes to England 43. Chapter 10 We Entertain a Very Distinguished Guest at Kensing 44. Chapter 11 A Great Scheme, and Who Balked It 45. Chapter 12 August 1st, 1714.