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............................................................... 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HALL ..................................... 14 CHAPTER II RELATES H...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKE... ... Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Mak... ...ces made in his Majesty’s cause by the Esmond family, lies in Westmoreland county, between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great ... ...uch as I have never seen in this country, except perhaps in our friend Mr. Washington, and commanded respect wherever he appeared. In all bodily exerc... ... title, and presently after to take possession of his house of Castlewood, county Hants, in the year 1691, almost the only tenant of the place besides... ...h straw. But though the links were there, the link- boys had run away. The townsmen saved their houses, and our General took possession of the enemy’s... ... pass the winter away behind the fortifications of the dreary old Flanders towns, where the English troops were gathered. Y achts and packets passed d... ...onary amongst the Indians. He lies buried in our neigh- boring province of Maryland now, with a cross over him, and a mound of earth above him; under ...