Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- CHAP. I In which the author introduces himself to the public by some letters he has received from unrequested correspondents, and the answers he gives to them
- CHAP. II Contains the history of a very extraordinary funeral, and also of some other pretty particular occurrences which the author was witness of, in Invisible visit he made to the most favourite part of the family of a lady of distinction
- CHAP. III Is a kind of a warning-bell to the public, and gives a melancholy, tho' a common proof, that a person in endeavouring, by unjust or imprudent measures, to avoid falling into an imaginary misfortune is frequently liable to bring on effectually what otherwise might never have happen'd
- CHAP. IV In which the reader is requested to expect no more than a continuation of same narrative begun in the preceding chapter; and which has in it too great a multiplicity of incidents to be fully concluded in this
- CHAP. V In which the consequences of Cleora's elopement, in relation both to herself and husband, are fully shewn, and an end put to that suspense which it is probable the former pages may have excited in the mind of every interested and curious reader
- CHAP. VI Treats of divers and sundry matters, some of which the Invisible author flatters himself will be very agreeable to the greatest part of the readers, but if, contrary to his expectations, they should happen to he found otherwise he hopes at least they will be excused on account of others, both past and to come, more entertaining and suitable to his taste
- CHAP. VII Presents the reader with a full view of the beautiful and much Sabina, in an impartial description of her person and character, with particulars in relation to her two amours, and the consequences which attended this last assignation made with her favourite Youngly
- CHAP. VIII Contains the catastrophe of an adventure, which the author thinks fit declare is inserted in these lucubrations less to amuse his reader than the sake of setting in a true light those facts which some people have artfully endeavoured to misrepresent to the public
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
CHAP. II - Contains the history of a very extraordinary funeral, and also of some other pretty particular occurrences which the author was witness of, in Invisible visit he made to the most favourite part of the family of a lady of distinction
from BOOK III
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- CHAP. I In which the author introduces himself to the public by some letters he has received from unrequested correspondents, and the answers he gives to them
- CHAP. II Contains the history of a very extraordinary funeral, and also of some other pretty particular occurrences which the author was witness of, in Invisible visit he made to the most favourite part of the family of a lady of distinction
- CHAP. III Is a kind of a warning-bell to the public, and gives a melancholy, tho' a common proof, that a person in endeavouring, by unjust or imprudent measures, to avoid falling into an imaginary misfortune is frequently liable to bring on effectually what otherwise might never have happen'd
- CHAP. IV In which the reader is requested to expect no more than a continuation of same narrative begun in the preceding chapter; and which has in it too great a multiplicity of incidents to be fully concluded in this
- CHAP. V In which the consequences of Cleora's elopement, in relation both to herself and husband, are fully shewn, and an end put to that suspense which it is probable the former pages may have excited in the mind of every interested and curious reader
- CHAP. VI Treats of divers and sundry matters, some of which the Invisible author flatters himself will be very agreeable to the greatest part of the readers, but if, contrary to his expectations, they should happen to he found otherwise he hopes at least they will be excused on account of others, both past and to come, more entertaining and suitable to his taste
- CHAP. VII Presents the reader with a full view of the beautiful and much Sabina, in an impartial description of her person and character, with particulars in relation to her two amours, and the consequences which attended this last assignation made with her favourite Youngly
- CHAP. VIII Contains the catastrophe of an adventure, which the author thinks fit declare is inserted in these lucubrations less to amuse his reader than the sake of setting in a true light those facts which some people have artfully endeavoured to misrepresent to the public
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
Summary
I frequently stroll thro’ the town, with my Invisible Belt close girt about me, not always with a view of making any discoveries, but merely to enjoy the freedom of my thought, without being interrupted by the impertinent how-d'ye's of some who might meet and know me by day, and to be safe from the salutation of the stand and deliver, – investors of the street by night, with whom I was no less inclined to engage in combat, than I am to comply with their unreasonable and unjust demands.
In these unmeaning rambles I sometimes stumbled upon adventures no less entertaining than many of those I had sought after, and took so much pains to explore the hidden source of.
I will not, however, pretend to promise that this I am now about to recite is either so improving or so pleasing as several others presented to the public in this work; but be that as it shall happen, – the candid reader will accept of things as they fell under my observation, and content himself with such as are less agreeable, for the sake of those he shall find much more to his taste.
Even life a kind of chequer-work appears,
A round of joy, of grief, of hopes, and fears;
The good, the bad, the wise with patience bear,
Welcome the former, and the latter dare.
Marston.I was going through a narrow lane one day, and saw a great concourse of the meaner sort of people gather'd together about a little door, which then seem'd to me, and I afterwards found, was the avenue to some stables or coach-house; as I did not imagine that persons of the appearance these were could be assembled on any matter worthy of my attention, I should scarce have stopp'd to make any enquiry into it, if, just as I came near the place where they stood, they had not been join'd by some others, whose interrogatories awaken'd my curiosity.
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- The Invisible Spyby Eliza Haywood, pp. 126 - 134Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014