Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- CHAP. I The Author, contrary to his expectation, finds himself under a necessity of making an introductory Preface to this Volume, and at the same time presents the Reader with two letters of a pretty extraordinary nature
- CHAP. II The Author flatters himself will be no unacceptable present to all those of the fair sex, who are either truly innocent, or would preserve the reputation of being so
- CHAP. III Presents the reader with the catastrophe of an adventure very different from what the beginning may have given him reason to expect
- CHAP. IV Contains the rehearsal of a conversation which the Author accidentally happen'd to be witness of, and looks upon himself as bound by an indispensible obligation to make public; though perfectly conscious, from his observations of mankind, that there are a very great many of his readers who will labour all they can to bring these pages into discredit
- CHAP. V Presents the reader with the detail of a very remarkable incident, which, I believe, if consider'd with a due attention, there are but few people, especially of the Fair Sex, who will not find themselves enabled to become better members of society by having perused
- CHAP. VI Which, according to the Author's opinion, stands in no need of a prelude, as it contains only the sequel of an adventure too interesting to all degrees of people not to demand the attention of every reader
- CHAP. VII Is somewhat more concise than ordinary, but very much to the purpose, and will be found not the least worthy of any in the book of being regarded with attention
- CHAP. VIII Presents the public with the account of an incident which cannot but be deeply affecting to the youth of both sexes, and no less remarkable in its event than any the Author's Invisibilityship ever enabled him to discover
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
CHAP. IV - Contains the rehearsal of a conversation which the Author accidentally happen'd to be witness of, and looks upon himself as bound by an indispensible obligation to make public; though perfectly conscious, from his observations of mankind, that there are a very great many of his readers who will labour all they can to bring these pages into discredit
from BOOK VII
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- The Invisible Spy
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- VOL. II
- BOOK III
- BOOK IV
- VOL. III
- BOOK V
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII
- CHAP. I The Author, contrary to his expectation, finds himself under a necessity of making an introductory Preface to this Volume, and at the same time presents the Reader with two letters of a pretty extraordinary nature
- CHAP. II The Author flatters himself will be no unacceptable present to all those of the fair sex, who are either truly innocent, or would preserve the reputation of being so
- CHAP. III Presents the reader with the catastrophe of an adventure very different from what the beginning may have given him reason to expect
- CHAP. IV Contains the rehearsal of a conversation which the Author accidentally happen'd to be witness of, and looks upon himself as bound by an indispensible obligation to make public; though perfectly conscious, from his observations of mankind, that there are a very great many of his readers who will labour all they can to bring these pages into discredit
- CHAP. V Presents the reader with the detail of a very remarkable incident, which, I believe, if consider'd with a due attention, there are but few people, especially of the Fair Sex, who will not find themselves enabled to become better members of society by having perused
- CHAP. VI Which, according to the Author's opinion, stands in no need of a prelude, as it contains only the sequel of an adventure too interesting to all degrees of people not to demand the attention of every reader
- CHAP. VII Is somewhat more concise than ordinary, but very much to the purpose, and will be found not the least worthy of any in the book of being regarded with attention
- CHAP. VIII Presents the public with the account of an incident which cannot but be deeply affecting to the youth of both sexes, and no less remarkable in its event than any the Author's Invisibilityship ever enabled him to discover
- BOOK VIII
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
Summary
One whom I shall always rank among the number of our best English Authors, tells us in a justly esteem'd poem, that
Wisdom is still to sloth too great a slave,
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
How widely different are the pictures drawn of a person whose prudence makes him act and talk with circumspection and reserve? – How various are the representations made of him? – He has almost as many characters as there are speakers of him; – by the abundance one hears of him the judgment is distracted, and there is no forming a right idea of what he truly is.
One can go into no company without hearing some mention made of Lord Honorius, yet one shall seldom find any two people agree in their opinion concerning him, either as to his abilities or principles, whether in religious, moral, or political matters.
He is no follower of the court, yet does not totally avoid going thither; – he professes himself a member of the establish'd church, yet converses freely with those of different persuasions; he listens attentively to the arguments urged by persons of all parties and all sects, without offering any of his own, or giving his opinion, which are wrong or which are right.
For this reason all the zealots, both in religion and politics, brand him with lukewarmness, and say he is a man of an uncertain way of thinking, and has no settled principle of acting.
Some few there are who applaud his moderation, but many more who look upon it as a piece of low cunning, thereby to cover some latent designs he has within his bosom; but of what nature these are I have heard many warm disputes about. – Some will needs have him in the interest of the Pretender, and others that he is secretly a tool of the Ministry: – some have confidently averr'd that they have seen a white rose carry'd into his house on the 10th of June, and others that he has worn a yellow waistcoat on the birth-day of his present Majesty; – as if an innocent flower, or the colour of a piece of silk, were sufficient tokens to shew the wishes of the wearer's heart.
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- The Invisible Spyby Eliza Haywood, pp. 383 - 390Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014