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... Partridge , the madness of Jones , and the folly of Fitzpatrick CHAPTER SEVEN In which are concluded the adventures that hap- pened at the inn at Upton 35 44 49 56 63 CONTENTS CHAPTER EIGHT In which the history goes backward . [ vi ] ...
... Partridge , the madness of Jones , and the folly of Fitzpatrick CHAPTER SEVEN In which are concluded the adventures that hap- pened at the inn at Upton 35 44 49 56 63 CONTENTS CHAPTER EIGHT In which the history goes backward . [ vi ] ...
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... Partridge on the road 176 CHAPTER FOUR The adventure of a beggar - man CHAPTER FIVE Containing more adventures which Mr. Jones and his companion met on the road CHAPTER SIX From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable ...
... Partridge on the road 176 CHAPTER FOUR The adventure of a beggar - man CHAPTER FIVE Containing more adventures which Mr. Jones and his companion met on the road CHAPTER SIX From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable ...
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... Partridge . 221 • 228 CHAPTER TWELVE Relates that Mr. Jones continued his journey , contrary to the advice of Partridge , with what happened on that occasion . CHAPTER THIRTEEN 233 A dialogue between Jones and Partridge CHAPTER FOURTEEN ...
... Partridge . 221 • 228 CHAPTER TWELVE Relates that Mr. Jones continued his journey , contrary to the advice of Partridge , with what happened on that occasion . CHAPTER THIRTEEN 233 A dialogue between Jones and Partridge CHAPTER FOURTEEN ...
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Henry Fielding, Howard Maynadier. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SOPHIA INTERVIEWS THE MAID AT UPTON . Frontispiece TOM AND PARTRIDGE ON THE ROAD · 99 180 THE HISTORY of TOM JONES A FOUNDLING BOOK IX .
Henry Fielding, Howard Maynadier. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SOPHIA INTERVIEWS THE MAID AT UPTON . Frontispiece TOM AND PARTRIDGE ON THE ROAD · 99 180 THE HISTORY of TOM JONES A FOUNDLING BOOK IX .
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... Partridge , the ser- jeant , and the coachman who drove the young lady and her maid . Partridge having acquainted the company with what he had learnt from the Man of the Hill con- cerning the situation in which Mrs. Waters had been ...
... Partridge , the ser- jeant , and the coachman who drove the young lady and her maid . Partridge having acquainted the company with what he had learnt from the Man of the Hill con- cerning the situation in which Mrs. Waters had been ...
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Page 261 - Comfort me by a solemn assurance, that when the little parlour in which I sit at this instant shall be reduced to a worse furnished box, I shall be read with honour by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.
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