The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1

Alain René Le Sage

Stereotyped by B. and J. Collins, New-York. New York: Printed and published by H. Durell., 1824

Contents

• BOOK I: 19
• Of the birth and education: 25
• Of the carriers temptation: 35
• Of the arrival of more thieves: 42
• Of the attempt of Gil Blas: 50
• Of the serious affair that: 59
• The history of Donna Mencia: 67
• The disagreeable manner: 75
• Of his reception at Burgos: 83
• Shows that we ought not: 91
• How Gil Blas bestowed him: 98
• BOOK II: 109
• In what manner the canon: 116
• Gil Blas engages himself in: 122
• Gil Blas continues to act: 128
• The sequel of the ring retrieved: 138
• Of his route when he left Valla: 145
• Gil Blas and his companion: 172
• BOOK III: 185
• The astonishment of Gil Blas: 193
• He is dismissed by Don Barnard: 199
• How Gil Blas became acquainted: 209
• Gil Blas sets up for a man of gal: 215
• The conversation of some noble: 224
• By what accident Gil Blas: 237
• Of the person in whose service: 243
• How the players lived together: 251
• Gil Blas acquires the theatrical: 256
• BOOK IV: 263
• The reception which Gil Blas: 269
• The baleful marriage A novel: 279
• The behaviour of Aurora: 307

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Page 32 - genius, whose reputation is so great in this country ?—You know not (continued he, addressing himself to the inn-keeper and his wife) you know not what you possess ! You have a treasure in your house! Behold, in this young gentleman, the eighth wonder of the world !" Then turning to me, and throwing his‎

Page 34 - trout, but those who eat it must pay for the sauce : —'t is a bit too dainty for your palate, I doubt."— " What do you call too dainty ? (said the sycophant, raising his voice) you're a wiseacre, indeed ! Know that there is nothing in this house too good for Signor‎

Page 33 - as voraciously as if he had fasted three whole days : by his complaisant beginning I foresaw that our dish would not last long, and therefore ordered a second ; which they dressed with such dispatch, that it was served just as we— or rather he—had made an end of the‎

Page 29 - no sooner alighted than the landlord came out, and received me with great civility ; he untied my portmanteau with his own hands, and, throwing it on his shoulder, conducted me into a room, while one of his servants led my mule into the stable.— This inn-keeper, the greatest talker of the‎

Page 32 - How ! known (resumed he in his former strain) we keep a register of all the celebrated names within twenty leagues of us :—you, in particular, are looked upon as a prodigy, and I don't at all doubt that Spain‎

Page 27 - contortions, our eyes full of fury, and our mouths full of foam, one would have taken us for bedlamites rather than philosophers. By these means, however, I acquired the reputation of a great scholar in town ; a circumstance that pleased my uncle extremely, as he foresaw that 1 should not be much longer‎

Page 33 - risk of strangulation. With the little experience I had, I ought not to have been the dupe of his professions and hyperbolical compliments : I ought to have known, by his extravagant flattery, that he was one of those parasites which abound in every town, and who, when a stranger arrives, introduce themselves to him, in order to fill their bellies at his‎

Page 42 - the hall ; these were the lieutenant with five of the company, who returned loaded with booty, which consisted of two hampers full of sugar, cinnamon, pepper, dried figs, almonds, and raisins ; the lieutenant, addressing himself to the captain, told him, that he had taken these hampers from a grocer of Benavento, whose mule he had also carried‎

Page 187 - cursedly afraid of these gentlemen since I had passed through their hands ; and wished that moment to be an hundred leagues from Madrid ; but my patron, less afraid than I, opened the door, and received the judge with great respect. " You see (said the corregidor to him) I do not come to your lodgings with many‎

Page 33 - Gil Bias, not to enjoy my good fortune as long as I can ! I have no great appetite (pursued he) but I will sit down to bear you company, and eat a mouthful, purely out of complaisance." So saying, my panegyrist took his place right over-against me, and, a cover being laid for him, attacked the‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Volume 1; The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, Alain René Le Sage
• Author: Alain René Le Sage
• Translated by: Tobias Smollett
• Publisher: Stereotyped by B. and J. Collins, New-York. New York: Printed and published by H. Durell., 1824