high
XLIV Contains what might, perhaps, have been expected
XLV In which Harry finds two Uncles
XLVI Chains and Slavery
XLVII Visitors in Trouble
XLVIII An Apparition
XLIX Friends in Need
L Contains a Great deal of the Finest Morality
LI Conticuere Omnes
LII Intentique Ora tenebant
LIII Where we remain at the Court End of the Town
LIV During which Harry sits smoking his Pipe at Home
LV Between Brothers
LVI Ariadne
LVII In which Harry's Nose continues to be put out of joint
LVIII Where we do what Cats may do
LIX In which we are treated to a Play
LX Which treats of Macbeth, a Supper, and a Pretty Kettle of Fish
LXI In which the Prince marches up the Hill and down again
LXII Arma Virumque
LXIII Melpomene
LXIV In which Harry lives to fight another day
LXV Soldier's Return
LXVI In which we go a-courting
LXVII In which a Tragedy is acted, and two more begun
LXVIII In which Harry goes Westward
LXIX A Little Innocent
LXX In which Cupid plays a considerable part
LXXI With Favours
LXXII (From the Warrington MS.) In which my Lady is on the Top
of the Ladder
LXXIII We keep Christmas at Castlewood. 1759
LXXIV News from Canada
LXXV The Course of True Love
LXXVI Informs us how Mr. Warrington jumped into a Landau
LXXVII And how everybody got out again
LXXVIII Pyramus and Thisbe
LXXIX Containing both Comedy and Tragedy
LXXX Pocahontas
LXXXI Res Angusta Domi
LXXXII Mile's Moidore
LXXXIII Troubles and Consolations
LXXXIV In which Harry submits to the Common Lot
LXXXV Inveni Portum
LXXXVI At Home
LXXXVII The Last of God Save the King LXXXVIII Yankeee Doodle comes to
Town LXXXIX A Colonel without a Regiment
XC In which we both fight and run away
XCI Satis Pugnae
XCII Under Vine and Fig-Tree

THE VIRGINIANS

CHAPTER I. In which one of the Virginians visits home

On the library wall of one of the most famous writers of America, there
hang two crossed swords, which his relatives wore in the great War of
Independence. The one sword was gallantly drawn in the service of
the king, the other was the weapon of a brave and honoured republican
soldier. The possessor of the harmless trophy has earned for himself a
name alike honoured in his ancestors' country and his own, where genius
such as his has always a peaceful welcome.

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