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Sheppard Lee

Bird, Robert Montgomery (1806-1854)
  
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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
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BOOK IV.—[CONTINUED.]
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BOOK V. CONTAINING THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOD SAMARITAN.
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BOOK VI. CONTAINING A HISTORY AND A MORAL.
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BOOK VII. WHICH IS INTENDED AS A PENDANT TO BOOK I., AND CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.
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BOOK VIII. CONTAINING THE CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY.

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BOOK IV.—[CONTINUED.]
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CHAPTER IV. The Miser's children.
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CHAPTER V. The fate of the firstborn.
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CHAPTER VI. The catastrophe of a tragedy often performed on the great stage of life.
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CHAPTER VII. In which it is shown that a man may be more useful after death than while living.
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CHAPTER VIII. Sheppard Lee's search for a body.—An uncommon incident.
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CHAPTER IX. In which the Author makes the acquaintance of a philanthropist.
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CHAPTER X. Containing an affecting adventure with a victim of the law.
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CHAPTER XI. In which the plot thickens, and the tragedy grows deeper.
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BOOK V. CONTAINING THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOD SAMARITAN.
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CHAPTER I. The philanthropist's family.
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CHAPTER II. Some account of the worthy Abel Snipe.
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CHAPTER III. In which the young man Jonathan argues several cases of conscience, which are recommended to be brought before Yearly Meeting.
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CHAPTER IV. Containing little or nothing save apostrophes, exhortations, and quarrels.
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CHAPTER V. Which is short and moral, and can therefore be skipped.
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CHAPTER VI. An inconvenience of being in another man's body, when called upon to give evidence as to one's own exit.
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CHAPTER VII. The sorrows of a philanthropist.
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CHAPTER VIII. The same subject continued.
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CHAPTER IX. Containing a difficulty.
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CHAPTER X. In what manner Mr. Zachariah Longstraw determined to improve his fortune.
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CHAPTER XI. In which a catastrophe begins.
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CHAPTER XII. In which the catastrophe is continued.
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CHAPTER XIII. The dénouement of the drama.
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CHAPTER XIV. A remark, in which the Author appears as a politician, and abuses both parties.
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CHAPTER XV. An uncommon adventure that befell the Author.
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CHAPTER XVI. In which Sheppard Lee takes a journey, and discovers the secret object of his captors.
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CHAPTER XVII. Containing other secrets, but not so important.
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CHAPTER XVIII. In which the Author approaches a climax in his adventures.
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CHAPTER XIX. Containing a specimen of eloquence, with some account of the dangers of Lynchdom.
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CHAPTER XX. In which Sheppard Lee reaches the darkest period of his existence.
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BOOK VI. CONTAINING A HISTORY AND A MORAL.
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CHAPTER I. In which Sheppard Lee finds every thing black about him.
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CHAPTER II. In which Sheppard Lee is introduced to his master.
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CHAPTER III. An old woman's cure for a disease extremely prevalent both in the coloured and uncoloured creation.
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CHAPTER IV. Some account of Ridgewood Hill, and the Author's occupations.
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CHAPTER V. In which the Author further describes his situation, and philosophizes on the state of slavery.
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CHAPTER VI. Recollections of slavery.
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CHAPTER VII. A scene on the banks of the Potomac, with the humours of an African improvisatore.
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CHAPTER VIII. The Author descends among the slaves, and suddenly becomes a man of figure, and an interpreter of new doctrines.
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CHAPTER IX. What it was the negroes had discovered among the scantling.
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CHAPTER X. The effect of the pamphlet on its reader and hearers.
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CHAPTER XI. The hatching of a conspiracy.
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CHAPTER XII. How the spoils of victory were intended to be divided.
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CHAPTER XIII. The attack of the insurgents upon the mansion at Ridgewood Hill.
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CHAPTER XIV. The tragical occurrences that followed.
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CHAPTER XV. The results of the insurrection, with a truly strange and fatal catastrophe that befell the Author.
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CHAPTER XVI. In which it is related what became of the Author after being hanged.
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BOOK VII. WHICH IS INTENDED AS A PENDANT TO BOOK I., AND CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.
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CHAPTER I. Containing an inkling of the life and habits of Mr. Arthur Megrim.
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CHAPTER II. The happy condition in which Sheppard Lee is at last placed.
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CHAPTER III. The employments of a young gentleman of fortune.
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CHAPTER IV. Some account of the inconveniences of having a digestive apparatus.
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CHAPTER V. The same subject continued, with an account of several surprising transformations.
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CHAPTER VI. An account of the woes of an Emperor of France, which have never before appeared in history.
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CHAPTER VII. In which Sheppard Lee is convinced that all is not gold which glistens.
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CHAPTER VIII. In which the Author stumbles upon an old acquaintance.
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CHAPTER IX. Containing an account of the wonderful discoveries of the German doctor.
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CHAPTER X. Containing a more wonderful discovery on the part of Sheppard Lee, with perhaps the most surprising adventure that ever befell him.
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BOOK VIII. CONTAINING THE CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY.
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CHAPTER I. Sheppard Lee flies from the German doctor, and finds himself again in New-Jersey.
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CHAPTER II. What had happened at Watermelon Hill during the Author's absence.
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CHAPTER III. Containing the substance of a singular debate betwixt the Author and his brother, with a philosophic defence of the Author's credibility.
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CHAPTER IV. Being the last chapter of all.

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BOOK IV.—[CONTINUED.]

  • The miser's children... Page 3

  • The fate of the firstborn... 15

  • The catastrophe of a tragedy often performed on the great stage
    of life... 18

  • In which it is shown that a man may be more useful after death
    than while living... 24

  • Sheppard Lee's search for a body.—An uncommon incident 28

  • In which the Author makes the acquaintance of a philanthropist...
    36

  • Containing an affecting adventure with a victim of the law 44

  • In which the plot thickens, and the tragedy grows deeper 50

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