The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete
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CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION |
| PART I. |
| TO DOCTOR |
| CHAPTER ONE.Some sage Observations that naturally introduce our important History |
| CHAPTER TWO.A superficial View of our Hero’s Infancy |
| CHAPTER THREE.He is initiated in a Military Life, and has the good Fortune to acquire a generous Patron |
| CHAPTER FOUR.His Mother’s Prowess and Death; together with some Instances of his own Sagacity |
| CHAPTER FIVE.A brief Detail of his Education |
| CHAPTER SIX.He meditates Schemes of Importance |
| CHAPTER SEVEN.Engages in Partnership with a female Associate, in order to put his Talents in Action |
| CHAPTER EIGHT.Their first Attempt; with a Digression which some Readers may think impertinent |
| CHAPTER NINE.The Confederates change their Battery, and achieve a remarkable Adventure |
| CHAPTER TEN.They proceed to levy Contributions with great Success, until our Hero sets out with the young Count for Vienna, where he enters into League with another Adventurer |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN.Fathom makes various Efforts in the World of Gallantry |
| CHAPTER TWELVE.He effects a Lodgment in the House of a rich Jeweller |
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN.He is exposed to a most perilous Incident in the Course of his Intrigue with the Daughter |
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN.He is reduced to a dreadful Dilemma, in consequence of an Assignation with the Wife |
| CHAPTER FIFTEEN.But at length succeeds in his Attempt upon both |
| CHAPTER SIXTEEN.His Success begets a blind Security, by which he is once again well-nigh entrapped in his Dulcinea’s Apartment |
| CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.The Step-dame’s Suspicions being awakened, she lays a Snare for our Adventurer, from which he is delivered by the Interposition of his Good Genius |
| CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.Our Hero departs from Vienna, and quits the Domain of Venus for the rough Field of Mars |
| CHAPTER NINETEEN.He puts himself under the Guidance of his Associate, and stumbles upon the French Camp, where he finishes his Military Career |
| CHAPTER TWENTY.He prepares a Stratagem, but finds himself countermined—Proceeds on his Journey, and is overtaken by a terrible Tempest |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE.He falls upon Scylla, seeking to avoid Charybdis. |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO.He arrives at Paris, and is pleased with his Reception |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE.Acquits himself with Address in a Nocturnal Riot |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR.He overlooks the Advances of his Friends, and smarts severely for his Neglect |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE.He bears his Fate like a Philosopher; and contracts acquaintance with a very remarkable Personage |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX.The History of the Noble Castilian |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN.A flagrant Instance of Fathom’s Virtue, in the Manner of his Retreat to England |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT.Some Account of his Fellow-Travellers |
| CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE.Another providential Deliverance from the Effects of the Smuggler’s ingenious Conjecture |
| CHAPTER THIRTY.The singular Manner of Fathom’s Attack and Triumph over the Virtue of the fair Elenor |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE.He by accident encounters his old Friend, with whom he holds a Conference, and renews a Treaty |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO.He appears in the great World with universal Applause and Admiration |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE.He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR.He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE.He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX.He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN.He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT.The Biter is Bit |
| PART II. |
| CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE.Our Adventurer is made acquainted with a new Scene of Life |
| CHAPTER FORTY.He contemplates Majesty and its Satellites in Eclipse |
| CHAPTER FORTY-ONE.One Quarrel is compromised, and another decided by unusual Arms |
| CHAPTER FORTY-TWO.An unexpected Rencontre, and a happy Revolution in the Affairs of our Adventurer |
| CHAPTER FORTY-THREE.Fathom justifies the Proverb, “What’s bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh” |
| CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR.Fathom justifies the Proverb, “What’s bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh” |
| CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE.Renaldo’s Distress deepens, and Fathom’s Plot thickens |
| CHAPTER FORTY-SIX.Our Adventurer becomes absolute in his Power over the Passions of his Friend, and effects one half of his Aim |
| CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN.The Art of Borrowing further explained, and an Account of a Strange Phenomenon |
| CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT.Count Fathom unmasks his Battery; is repulsed; and varies his Operations without effect |
| CHAPTER FORTY-NINE.Monimia’s Honour is protected by the Interposition of Heaven |
| CHAPTER FIFTY.Fathom shifts the Scene, and appears in a new Character |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE.Triumphs over a Medical Rival |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO.Repairs to the Metropolis, and enrols himself among the Sons of Paean |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE.Acquires Employment in consequence of a lucky Miscarriage |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR.His Eclipse, and gradual Declination |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE.After divers unsuccessful Efforts, he has recourse to the Matrimonial Noose |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX.In which his Fortune is effectually strangled |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN.Fathom being safely housed, the Reader is entertained with a Retrospect |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT.Renaldo abridges the Proceedings at Law, and approves himself the Son of his Father |
| CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE.He is the Messenger of Happiness to his Sister, who removes the film which had long obstructed his Penetration, with regard to Count Fathom |
| CHAPTER SIXTY.He recompenses the Attachment of his Friend; and receives a Letter that reduces him to the Verge of Death and Distraction |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE.Renaldo meets with a living Monument of Justice, and encounters a Personage of some Note in these Memoirs |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO.His Return to England, and Midnight Pilgrimage to Monimia’s Tomb |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE.He renews the Rites of Sorrow, and is entranced |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR.The Mystery unfolded—Another Recognition, which, it is to be hoped, the Reader could not foresee |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE.A retrospective Link, necessary for the Concatenation of these Memoirs |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX.The History draws near a Period |
| CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN.The Longest and the Last |