Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges
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Chapter 1 An Account Of The Family Of Esmond Of Castlewood Hall
Chapter 2 Relates How Francis, Fourth Viscount, Arrives At Castlewood
Chapter 3 Whither In The Time Of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Had Preceded Him As Page To Isabella
Chapter 4 I Am Placed Under A Popish Priest And Bred To That Religion.-Viscountess Castlewood
Chapter 5 My Superiors Are Engaged In Plots For The Restoration Of King James II
Chapter 6 The Issue Of The Plots.-The Death Of Thomas, Third Viscount Of Castlewood; And The Imprisonment Of His Viscountess
Chapter 7 I Am Left At Castlewood An Orphan, And Find Most Kind Protectors There
Chapter 8 After Good Fortune Comes Evil
Chapter 9 I Have The Small-Pox, And Prepare To Leave Castlewood
Chapter 10 I Go To Cambridge, And Do But Little Good There
Chapter 11 I Come Home For A Holiday To Castlewood, And Find A Skeleton In The House
Chapter 12 My Lord Mohun Comes Among Us For No Good
Chapter 13 My Lord Leaves Us And His Evil Behind Him
Chapter 14 I Am In Prison, And Visited, But Not Consoled There
Chapter 15 I Come To The End Of My Captivity, But Not Of My Trouble
Chapter 16 I Take The Queen's Pay In Quin's Regiment
Chapter 17 Recapitulations
Chapter 18 I Go On The Vigo Bay Expedition, Taste Salt Water And Smell Powder
Chapter 19 The 29th December
Chapter 20 I Am Made Welcome At Walcote
Chapter 21 Family Talk
Chapter 22 I Make The Campaign Of 1704
Chapter 23 An Old Story About A Fool And A Woman
Chapter 24 The Famous Mr. Joseph Addison
Chapter 25 I Get A Company In The Campaign Of 1706
Chapter 26 I Meet An Old Acquaintance In Flanders, And Find My Mother's Grave And My Own Cradle There
Chapter 27 The Campaign Of 1707, 1708
Chapter 28 I Come To An End Of My Battles And Bruises
Chapter 29 I Go Home, And Harp On The Old String
Chapter 30 A Paper Out Of The "Spectator"
Chapter 31 Beatrix's New Suitor
Chapter 32 Mohun Appears For The Last Time In This History
Chapter 33 Poor Beatrix
Chapter 34 I Visit Castlewood Once More
Chapter 35 I Travel To France And Bring Home A Portrait Of Rigaud
Chapter 36 The Original Of The Portrait Comes To England
Chapter 37 We Entertain A Very Distinguished Guest At Kensington
Chapter 38 Our Guest Quits Us As Not Being Hospitable Enough
Chapter 39 A Great Scheme, And Who Balked It
Chapter 40 August 1st, 1714
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Chapter 24 The Famous Mr. Joseph Addison

The gentlemen ushers had a table at Kensington, and the Guard a very splendid dinner daily at St. James's, at either of which ordinaries Esmond was free to dine. Dick Steele liked the Guard-table better than his own at the gentleman ushers', where there was less wine and more ceremony; and Esmond had many a jolly afternoon in company of his friend,

             
            

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