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INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
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THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.
BOOK I
THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF
HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE
III. WHITHER IN THE TIME OF THOMAS, THIRD VISCOUNT,
I HAD PRECEDED HIM AS PAGE TO ISABELLA
IV.
V.
VI.
I AM PLACED UNDER A POPISH PRIEST AND BRED
TO THAT RELIGION-VISCOUNTESS CASTLEWOOD
MY SUPERIORS ARE ENGAGED IN PLOTS FOR THE
RESTORATION OF KING JAMES THE SECOND
THE ISSUE OF THE PLOTS-THE DEATH OF THOMAS,
THIRD VISCOUNT OF CASTLEWOOD; AND THE
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IMPRISONMENT OF HIS VISCOUNTESS
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VII.
I AM LEFT AT CASTLEWOOD AN ORPHAN, AND FIND
MOST KIND PROTECTORS THERE
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VIII. AFTER GOOD FORTUNE COMES EVIL
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XI.
AND DO BUT LITTLE GOOD
I COME HOME FOR A HOLIDAY TO CASTLEWOOD, AND
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XII.
MY LORD MOHUN COMES AMONG US FOR NO GOOD.
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CONTAINS MR. ESMOND'S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS
APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY
I.
I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED
THERE
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II.
I COME TO THE END OF MY CAPTIVITY, BUT NOT
III.
I TAKE THE QUEEN'S PAY IN QUIN'S REGIMENT
RECAPITULATIONS .
I GO ON THE VIGO BAY EXPEDITIONS, TASTE SALT-
CHAP.
XIII.
I MEET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE IN FLANDERS, AND
FIND MY MOTHER'S GRAVE AND MY OWN
I COME TO AN END OF MY BATTLES AND BRUISES
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I GO HOME, AND HARP ON THE OLD STRING
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