Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
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William Makepeace Thackeray. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

Table of Contents

The History Of Henry Esmond, Esq

Dedication

Preface. The Esmonds Of Virginia

Book I. The Early Youth Of Henry Esmond, Up To The Time Of His Leaving Trinity College, In Cambridge

Chapter I. An Account Of The Family Of Esmond Of Castlewood Hall

Chapter II. Relates How Francis, Fourth Viscount, Arrives At Castlewood

Chapter III. Whither In The Time Of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Had Preceded Him As Page To Isabella

Chapter IV. I Am Placed Under A Popish Priest And Bred To That Religion.—Viscountess Castlewood

Chapter V. My Superiors Are Engaged In Plots For The Restoration Of King James II

Chapter VI. The Issue Of The Plots.—The Death Of Thomas, Third Viscount Of Castlewood; And The Imprisonment Of His Viscountess

Chapter VII. I Am Left At Castlewood An Orphan, And Find Most Kind Protectors There

Chapter VIII. After Good Fortune Comes Evil

Chapter IX. I Have The Small-Pox, And Prepare To Leave Castlewood

Chapter X. I Go To Cambridge, And Do But Little Good There

Chapter XI. I Come Home For A Holiday To Castlewood, And Find A Skeleton In The House

Chapter XII. My Lord Mohun Comes Among Us For No Good

Chapter XIII. My Lord Leaves Us And His Evil Behind Him

Chapter XIV. We Ride After Him To London

Book II. Contains Mr. Esmond's Military Life, And Other Matters Appertaining To The Esmond Family

Chapter I. I Am In Prison, And Visited, But Not Consoled There

Chapter II. I Come To The End Of My Captivity, But Not Of My Trouble

Chapter III. I Take The Queen's Pay In Quin's Regiment

Chapter IV. Recapitulations

Chapter V. I Go On The Vigo Bay Expedition, Taste Salt Water And Smell Powder

Chapter VI. The 29th December

Chapter VII. I Am Made Welcome At Walcote

Chapter VIII. Family Talk

Chapter IX. I Make The Campaign Of 1704

Chapter X. An Old Story About A Fool And A Woman

Chapter XI. The Famous Mr. Joseph Addison

Chapter XII. I Get A Company In The Campaign Of 1706

Chapter XIII. I Meet An Old Acquaintance In Flanders, And Find My Mother's Grave And My Own Cradle There

Chapter XIV. The Campaign Of 1707, 1708

Chapter XV. General Webb Wins The Battle Of Wynendael

Book III. Containing The End Of Mr. Esmond's Adventures In England

Chapter I. I Come To An End Of My Battles And Bruises

Chapter II. I Go Home, And Harp On The Old String

Chapter III. A Paper Out Of The “Spectator”

Chapter IV. Beatrix's New Suitor

Chapter V. Mohun Appears For The Last Time In This History

Chapter VI. Poor Beatrix

Chapter VII. I Visit Castlewood Once More

Chapter VIII. I Travel To France And Bring Home A Portrait Of Rigaud

Chapter IX. The Original Of The Portrait Comes To England

Chapter X. We Entertain A Very Distinguished Guest At Kensington

Chapter XI. Our Guest Quits Us As Not Being Hospitable Enough

Chapter XII. A Great Scheme, And Who Balked It

Chapter XIII. August 1st, 1714

Appendix

The English Humourists Of The Eighteenth Century

Lecture The First. Swift

Lecture The Second. Congreve And Addison

Lecture The Third. Steele

Lecture The Fourth. Prior, Gay, And Pope

Lecture The Fifth. Hogarth, Smollett, And Fielding

Lecture The Sixth. Sterne And Goldsmith

The Georges

The Poems

Sketches Of Manners, Morals, Court And Town Life

George The First

George The Second

George The Third

George The Fourth

Footnotes

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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Mr. Holt the priest took the child by the hand, and brought him to this nobleman, a grand languid nobleman in a great cap and flowered morning-gown, sucking oranges. He patted Harry on the head and gave him an orange.

“C'est bien ça,” he said to the priest after eyeing the child, and the gentleman in black shrugged his shoulders.

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