The Adventures of Roderick Random

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THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE APOLOGUE THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM

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We parted with many tears, and lay that night at an inn on the road, about ten miles short of the town where I was to remain, at which we arrived next day, and I found I had no cause to complain of the accommodations provided for me, in being boarded at the house of an apothecary, who had married a distant relation of my mother. In a few days after, my uncle set out for his ship, having settled the necessary funds for my maintenance and education.

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