To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. of Jesus college, Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Miss LAETITIA WILLIS, at Gloucester. To Mrs JERMYN, at her house in Gloucester. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. To Dr LEWIS. To Sir WATKIN PHILLIPS, Bart. at Oxon. To Dr LEWIS. To Mrs GWYLLIM, at Brambleton-hall. To Mrs MARY JONES, at Brambleton-hall. C4084 THE ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE IN WHICH ARE INCLUDED MEMOIRS OF A LADY OF QUALITY By Tobias Smollett VOLUME I. > CONTENTS CHAPTER I. An Account of Mr. Gamaliel Pickle-The Disposition of his Sister described-He yields to her Solicitations, and returns to the Country. CHAPTER II. He is made acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and his Adherents-Meets with them by Accident, and contracts an Intimacy with that Commander. CHAPTER III. Mrs. Grizzle exerts herself in finding a proper Match for her Brother; who is accordingly introduced to the young Lady, whom he marries in due Season. CHAPTER IV. The Behaviour of Mrs. Grizzle at the Wedding, with an Account of the Guests. CHAPTER V. Mrs. Pickle assumes the Reins of Government in her own Family-Her Sister-in-law undertakes an Enterprise of great Moment, but is for some time diverted from her Purpose by a very interesting Consideration. CHAPTER VI. Mrs. Grizzle is indefatigable in gratifying her Sister's Longings-Peregrine is born, and managed contrary to the Directions and Remonstrances of his Aunt, who is disgusted upon that account, and resumes the Plan which she had before rejected. CHAPTER VII. Divers Stratagems are invented and put in practice, in order to overcome the obstinacy of Trunnion, who, at length, is teased and tortured into the Noose of Wedlock. CHAPTER VIII. Preparations are made for the Commodore's Wedding, which is delayed by an Accident that hurried him the Lord knows whither. CHAPTER IX. He is found by Lieutenant-Reconducted to his own House-Married to Mrs. Grizzle, who meets with a small misfortune in the Night, and asserts her Prerogative next Morning, in consequence of which her Husband's Eye is endangered. CHAPTER X. The Commodore being in some cases restive, his Lady has recourse to Artifice in the Establishment of her Throne-She exhibits Symptoms of Pregnancy, to the unspeakable joy of Trunnion, who, nevertheless, is balked in his expectation. CHAPTER XI. Mrs. Trunnion erects a Tyranny in the Garrison, while her Husband conceives an affection for his Nephew Perry, who manifests a peculiarity of disposition even in his tender years. CHAPTER XII. Peregrine is sent to a boarding-school-Becomes remarkable for his Genius and Ambition. CHAPTER XIII. The Commodore takes Peregrine under his own care-The Boy