OF George TOBIAS SMOLLETT. IN TWO VOLUMES. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE AUTHOR, BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. VOL. II. CONTAINING "THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM;" "THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES;" "THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER;" NEW EDITION. Philadelphia: CAREY, LEA, & BLANCHARD. 1835. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. II. I grow up; am hated by my relations; sent to school; neglected by my grandfather; mal- treated by my master; seasoned to adversity; I form cabals against the pedant; am debarred access to my grandfather; hunted by his heir; I demolish the teeth of his tutor. III. My mother's brother arrives; relieves me; a description of him; he goes along with me to the house of my grandfather; is encoun- tered by his dogs; defeats them after a bloody engagement; is admitted to the old gentleman; a IV. My grandfather makes his will; our second visit; he dies; his will is read in presence form a project of revenge, in which I am assisted by my uncle; I leave the village; am settled at an university by his generosity. VI. I make great progress in my studies; am caressed by every body; my female cousins take notice of me; I reject their invitation; they are incensed, and conspire against me; I am left destitute by a misfortune that befalls my uncle; Gawky's treachery; my revenge. VII. I am entertained by Mr Crab; a descrip- tion of him; I acquire the art of surgery; consult 26 VIII. I arrive at Newcastle; meet with my old school-fellow 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 in the night. 28 CHAP. XI. We descry the wagon; get into it; arrive at an inn; our fellow-travellers described; XII. Captain Weazel challenges Strap, who and me; the usurer is fain to give Miss Jenny five guineas for a release; we are in danger of losing a meal; the behaviour of Weazel, Jenny, and Joey, on that occasion; an account of Captain Weazel and his lady; the captain's courage tried; Isaac's mirth at the captain's expense. XIII. Strap and I are terrified by an appari- street; an adventure in an alehouse; we are im- posed upon by a waggish footman; set to rights XIV. We visit Strap's friend; a description of him; his advice; we go to Mr Cringer's house; are denied admittance; an accident befalls Strap; his behaviour thereupon; an extraordinary ad- XV. Strap moralizes; presents his purse to ger and Staytape, and informs me of the method XVI. My new acquaintance breaks an ap- as evidence against him; proceed to the next village; he escapes; we arrive at another inn, address myself to a person there, who assists desires me to pawn my linen for his occasions; recover what I lent him; some curious obser- vations of Strap on that occasion; his vanity. 49 200342 |