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CHAPTER XVII. FORTY FORT There was to my mind something comical in the idea of circling around the enemy to get possession of their canoes, for it would seem as if we might thus appear to be playing w...

CHAPTER XI We descry the Waggon—get into it—arrive at an inn—our Fellow Travellers described—a Mistake is committed by Strap, which produces strange things We travelled half-a-mile without exchanging ...

CHAPTER X The Highwayman is taken—we are detained as Evidence against him—proceed to the next village—he escapes—we arrive at another inn, where we go to Bed—in the Night we are awaked by a dreadful A...

Chapter 9 After that day, I felt like Adrian had become a completely different person. Before, he was like a rebellious kid—always trying to annoy me, always saying something to get under my skin. It ...

CHAPTER IX We proceed on our Journey—are overtaken by a Highwayman who fires at Strap—is prevented from shooting me by a Company of Horsemen, who ride in pursuit of him—Strap is put to Bed at an Inn—A...

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CHAPTER VII An elegant carriage stood in the middle of the road with a pair of spirited grey horses; there was no one in it, and the coachman had got off his box and stood by; the horses were being he...

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CHAPTER VIII I arrive at Newcastle—meet with my old Schoolfellow Strap—we determine to walk together to London—set out on our Journey—put up at a solitary Alehouse—are disturbed by a strange Adventure...

CHAPTER VII I am entertained by Mr. Crab—a description of him—I acquire the Art of Surgery—consult Crab’s Disposition—become necessary to him—an Accident happens—he advises me to launch out into the w...

CHAPTER II THE WOMAN IN PURPLE MORTIMER had been drinking, else he would never have assumed the entire responsibility of engaging Sybil Merivale for the leading part in his play. When sober, he had a ...

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CHAPTER VI I make great progress in my Studies—am caressed by Everybody—my female Cousins take notice of me—I reject their Invitation—they are incensed, and conspire against me—am left destitute by a ...

CHAPTER V The Schoolmaster uses me barbarously—I form a Project of Revenge, in which I am assisted by my Uncle—I leave the Village—am settled at a University by his Generosity On our way back to the v...

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII C...

CHAPTER IV My Grandfather makes his Will—our second Visit—he Dies—his Will is read in Presence of all his living Descendants—the Disappointment of my female Cousins—my Uncle’s Behaviour A few weeks af...

CHAPTER XXVI. ANNUAL TOUR, 1810—WESTERN CONFERENCE. After an absence of months I remained at home one day and two nights, and the bishop said, “Henry, we must move.” My father and sister and many othe...

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CHAPTER III My Mother’s Brother arrives—relieves me—a Description of him—he goes along with me to the House of my Grandfather—is encountered by his Dogs—defeats them, after a bloody Engagement—is admi...

CHAPTER LIII. It is but a shallow haste which concludeth insincerity from what outsiders call inconsistency—putting a dead mechanism of “ifs” and “therefores” for the living myriad of hidden suckers w...

§ 20 How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision. Although I had less than a minute for reflection, I felt, by a kind of instinct, that I must conceal my experiences from my Wife. Not that I apprehended,...

CHAPTER II I grow up—am hated by my Relations—sent to School—neglected by my Grandfather—maltreated by my Master—seasoned to Adversity—I form Cabals against the Pedant—am debarred Access to my Grandfa...

PART FOUR Many days passed before we could speak to the Golden One again. But then came the day when the sky turned white, as if the sun had burst and spread its flame in the air, and the fields lay s...

Chapter 2 Three weeks passed, and I’d almost forgotten about him—until fate threw us together again. Now, we sat across from each other in a friend’s vacant apartment, staring at one another. An hour ...

Zwölftes Kapitel. Einige Tage nach dem Begräbnis ihrer Eltern saß Gertrud abends allein am Tisch, die Augen auf beide Arme gelegt. Ueber ihr zischte leise das Gaslicht. Vor ihr stand die Lade einer Ko...

Chapter 8 After resting at home for a week, I wanted to go out for some fresh air. Adrian naturally became my full-time personal driver. “Who would’ve thought Adrian Foster—CEO of a big company—would ...

Chapter 11 When Mom rushed in, she saw me kneeling on the floor, sideways, while Linda Brown stood over me, glowering with anger. As the sun set, the room grew even darker. The dragon fruit juice on m...

THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM CHAPTER I Of my Birth and Parentage I was born in the northern part of this united kingdom, in the house of my grandfather, a gentleman of considerable fortune and in...

APOLOGUE A young painter, indulging a vein of pleasantry, sketched a kind of conversation piece, representing a bear, an owl, a monkey, and an ass; and to render it more striking, humorous, and moral,...

CHAPTER XII. It was on the ninth of November, the eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday, as he often remembered afterwards. He was walking home about eleven o’clock from Lord Henry’s, where he had bee...

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Chapter 14 Luke Brown stormed into his villa with a dark face, slamming the door so hard it shook the walls. I didn’t feel like I’d won. The things he’d said felt so foreign to me—why couldn’t I remem...

THE AUTHOR’S PREFACE Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which...

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Adventures of Roderick Random This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restr...

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