THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet [First edition in three volumes, 1852. Revised edition, 1858] ESMOND B II. RELATES HOW FRANCIS, FOURTH VISCOUNT, ARRIVES AT IV. I AM PLACED UNDER A POPISH PRIEST AND BRED TO THAT RELIGION.-VISCOUNTESS CASTLEWOOD VISCOUNT OF CASTLEWOOD; AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF IX. I HAVE THE SMALL-POX, AND PREPARE TO LEAVE CASTLEWOOD X. I GO TO CAMBRIDGE, AND DO BUT LITTLE GOOD THERE BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND'S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS XIII. I MEET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE IN FLANDERS, AND FIND MY MOTHER'S GRAVE AND MY OWN CRADLE THERE CONTAINING THE END OF MR. ESMOND'S ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND I. I COME TO AN END OF MY BATTLES AND BRUISES II. I GO HOME, AND HARP ON THE OLD STRING VII. I VISIT CASTLEWOOD ONCE MORE VIII. I TRAVEL TO FRANCE AND BRING HOME A PORTRAIT OF IX. THE ORIGINAL OF THE PORTRAIT COMES TO ENGLAND X. WE ENTERTAIN A VERY DISTINGUISHED GUEST AT KEN- XI. OUR GUEST QUITS US AS NOT BEING HOSPITABLE ENOUGH TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM BINGHAM, LORD ASHBURTON MY DEAR LORD, THE writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne's time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will reach you when the Author is on his voyage to a country where your name is as well known as here. Wherever I am, I shall gratefully regard you; and shall not be the less welcomed in America because I am Your obliged friend and servant, W. M. THACKERAY. LONDON, October 18, 1852. |
