CONTENTS -- CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE PAGE Peregrine humbles a noted hector, and meets with a strange character at the house of a lady. . . . . . . . . . . . c . ert . ain . 1 CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO He cultivates an acquaintance with the misanthrope, who favours him with a short sketch ofhisownhistory . . . . . . . . . 10 CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE Peregrine arrives at the garrison, where he receives the last admonitions of Commodore Trunnion, who next day resigns his breath, and is buried according to his own directions - Some gentlemen in the country make a fruitless attempt to accommodate matters betwixt Mr. Gamaliel Pickle and his eldest son . . . . . . . CONTENTS CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR PAGE The young gentleman having settled his domestic affairs, arrives in London, and sets up a gay equipage - He meets with Emilia, and is introduced to her uncle . . . . . . . . . . 27 CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE He prosecutes his design upon Emilia with art and perseverance . . . . . w . ith . gr . ea . t 35 CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX He prevails upon Emilia to accompany him to a masquerade, makes a treacherous attempt upon her affection, and meets with a deserved re pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN He endeavours to reconcile himself to his mistress, and expostulates with the uncle, who forbids him the house . . . . . . . . . . . 51 CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT He projects a violent scheme, in consequence of which he is involved in a most fatiguing adventure, which greatly tends towards the augmentation of his chagrin l . l . 56 CONTENTS CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE PAUE Peregrine sends a message to Mrs. Gauntlet, who rejects his proposal - He repairs to the garrison 68 CHAPTER EIGHTY He returns to London, and meets with Cadwallader, who entertains him with many curious particulars - Crabtree sounds the duchess, and un deceives Pickle, who, by an extraordinary accident, becomes acquainted with another lady of quality . . . . . . . . . . . 74 CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE The memoirs of a lady of quality . . . . . . 92 CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO He persuades Cadwallader to assume the character of a magician, in which he acquires a great share of reputation, by his responses to three females of distinction, who severally consult the researches of his art . . . . . 273 CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE Peregrine and his friend Cadwallader proceed in . the exercise of the mystery of fortune-telling, in the course of which they achieve various adventures . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4 vii CONTENTS CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR PAGE The conjurer and his associate execute a plan of vengeance against certain infidels who pretend to despise their art and Peregrine achieves an adventure with a young nobleman . . 302 viii THE AODVENTURES of PEREGRINE PICKLE CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE PEREGRINE HUMBLES A NOTED HECTOR, AND MEETS WITH A STRANGE CHARACTER AT THE HOUSE OF A CER TAIN LADY. MONG those who never failed to reside at A Bath during the season, was a certain person, who, from the most abject misery, had, by his industry, and art at plai, amassed about fifteen thousand pounds and though his character was notorious, insinuated himself so far into the favour of what is called the best company, that very few private parties of pleasure took place in which he was not principally concerned. He was of a gigantic stature, a most intrepid countenance and his disposition, naturally overbearing, had, in the course of his adventures and success, acquired a most intolerable degree of insolence and vanity...