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Andrew Lang. Parson Kelly
Parson Kelly
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
CHAPTER II. MR. WOGAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN UNDESIRABLE ACQUAINTANCE IN ST. JAMES'S STREET
CHAPTER III. MR. WOGAN INSTRUCTS THE IGNORANT PARSON IN THE WAYS OF WOMEN
CHAPTER IV. SHOWS THE EXTREME DANGER OF KNOWING LATIN
CHAPTER. A LITERARY DISCUSSION IN WHICH A CRITIC, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, TURNS THE TABLES UPON AN AUTHOR
CHAPTER VI. MR. NICHOLAS WOGAN REMINDS THE PARSON OF A NIGHT AT THE MAZARIN PALACE
CHAPTER VII. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU HAS A WORD TO SAY ABOUT SMILINDA
CHAPTER VIII. MR. KELLY HAS AN ADVENTURE AT A MASQUERADE BALL
CHAPTER IX. WHEREIN THE CHIVALROUS MR. KELLY BEHAVES WITH DEPLORABLE FOLLY
CHAPTER X. WHAT CAME OF MR. KELLY'S WINNINGS FROM THE SOUTH SEA
CHAPTER XI. THE PARSON DEPARTS FROM SMILINDA AND LEARNS A NUMBER OF UNPALATABLE TRUTHS
The Parson meets Scrope for the Third Time, and what came of the Meeting. CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII. OF THE ROSE AND THE ROSE-GARDEN IN AVIGNON
Of the Great Confusion produced by a Ballad and a Drunken Crow. CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV. AT THE DEANERY OF WESTMINSTER
CHAPTER XVI. MR. WOGAN ACTS AS LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR AT LADY OXFORD'S ROUT
CHAPTER XVII. LADY OXFORD'S 'COUP DE THÉÂTRE.'
CHAPTER XVIII. WHEREIN A NEW FLY DISCOURSES ON THE INNOCENCE OF THE SPIDER'S WEB
CHAPTER XIX. STROKE AND COUNTER-STROKE
CHAPTER XX. MR. SCROPE BATHES BY MOONLIGHT AND IN HIS PERUKE
CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH MR. KELLY SURPRISES SMILINDA
CHAPTER XXII. AN ECLOGUE WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE PASTORAL SIMPLICITY OF CORYDON AND STREPHON
CHAPTER XXIII. HOW THE MESSENGERS CAPTURED THE WRONG GENTLEMAN; AND OF WHAT LETTERS THE COLONEL BURNED
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. WOGAN WEARS LADY OXFORD'S LIVERY, BUT DOES NOT REMAIN IN HER SERVICE
CHAPTER XXV. HOW THE MINIATURE OF LADY OXFORD CAME BY A MISCHANCE
CHAPTER XXVI. MR. WOGAN TRADUCES HIS FRIEND, WITH THE HAPPIEST CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW, BY KEEPING PAROLE, MR. KELLY BROKE PRISON
CHAPTER XXVIII. MR. WOGAN AGAIN INVADES ENGLAND, MEETS THE ELECT LADY, AND BEARS WITNESS TO HER PERFECTIONS
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Andrew Lang, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
Published by Good Press, 2020
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'From General Dillon,' he said; and, reading the note through, 'Ladies, will you pardon me? Mr. Law, I have your permission? I have but this one night in Paris, and General Dillon has news of importance which bears upon my journey.'
'Sure, my chicken will be ruined,' she cried. 'Come, M. de Bellegarde,' and the pair fell again to stirring in the bowl, and with such indiscriminate vigour that more than once their fingers got entangled. This Mr. Wogan observed, and was sufficiently indiscreet to utter a sly proposal that he should make a third at the stirring.
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