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Table of Contents

CHAPTER

I Some sage Observations that naturally introduce our important

History

II A superficial View of our Hero's Infancy

III He is initiated in a Military Life, and has the good Fortune

to acquire a generous Patron

IV His Mother's Prowess and Death; together with some Instances

of his own Sagacity

V A brief Detail of his Education

VI He meditates Schemes of Importance

VII Engages in Partnership with a female Associate, in order to

put his Talents in Action

VIII Their first Attempt; with a Digression which some Readers

may think impertinent

IX The Confederates change their Battery, and achieve a remarkable

Adventure

X They proceed to levy Contributions with great Success, until

our Hero sets out with the young Count for Vienna, where he

enters into League with another Adventurer

XI Fathom makes various Efforts in the World of Gallantry

XII He effects a Lodgment in the House of a rich Jeweller

XIII He is exposed to a most perilous Incident in the Course of his

Intrigue with the Daughter

XIV He is reduced to a dreadful Dilemma, in consequence of an

Assignation with the Wife

XV But at length succeeds in his Attempt upon both

XVI His Success begets a blind Security, by which he is once again

well-nigh entrapped in his Dulcinea's Apartment

XVII The Step-dame's Suspicions being awakened, she lays a Snare

for our Adventurer, from which he is delivered by the

Interposition of his Good Genius

XVIII Our Hero departs from Vienna, and quits the Domain of Venus

for the rough Field of Mars

XIX He puts himself under the Guidance of his Associate, and

stumbles upon the French Camp, where he finishes his

Military Career

XX He prepares a Stratagem, but finds himself countermined—

Proceeds on his Journey, and is overtaken by a terrible

Tempest

XXI He falls upon Scylla, seeking to avoid Charybdis.

XXII He arrives at Paris, and is pleased with his Reception

XXIII Acquits himself with Address in a Nocturnal Riot

XXIV He overlooks the Advances of his Friends, and smarts severely

for his Neglect

XXV He bears his Fate like a Philosopher; and contracts

acquaintance with a very remarkable Personage

XXVI The History of the Noble Castilian

XXVII A flagrant Instance of Fathom's Virtue, in the Manner of his

Retreat to England

XXVIII Some Account of his Fellow-Travellers

XXIX Another providential Deliverance from the Effects of the

Smuggler's ingenious Conjecture

XXX The singular Manner of Fathom's Attack and Triumph over the

Virtue of the fair Elenor

XXXI He by accident encounters his old Friend, with whom he holds

a Conference, and renews a Treaty

XXXII He appears in the great World with universal Applause and

Admiration

XXXIII He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of

his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory

XXXIV He performs another Exploit, that conveys a true Idea of his

Gratitude and Honour

XXXV He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during

the whole Season

XXXVI He is smitten with the Charms of a Female Adventurer, whose

Allurements subject him to a new Vicissitude of Fortune

XXXVII Fresh Cause for exerting his Equanimity and Fortitude

XXXVIII The Biter is Bit