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English Library
VOL. XII
JACK SHEPPARD A Romance
BY W. Harrison Ainsworth
Internationale Bibliothek G M B H Berlin
1922
"Upon my word, friend," said I, "you have almost made me long to try
what a robber I should make." "There is a great art in it, if you did,"
quoth he. "Ah! but," said I, "there's a great deal in being hanged."
Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache.
Printed In Germany
CONTENTS.
EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703.
JONATHAN WILD.
CHAPTER I. The Widow and her Child 1
II. The Old Mint 13
III. The Master of the Mint 28
IV. The Roof and the Window 34
V. The Denunciation 42
VI. The Storm 51
VII. Old London Bridge 63
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715.
THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER I. The Idle Apprentice 75
II. Thames Darrell 88
III. The Jacobite 95
IV. Mr. Kneebone and his Friends 99
V. Hawk and Buzzard 103
VI. The first Step towards the Ladder 119
VII. Brother and Sister 131
VIII. Miching Mallecho 135
IX. Consequences of the Theft 147
X. Mother and Son 154
XI. The Mohocks 160
XII. Saint Giles's Round house 167
XIII. The Magdalene 177
XIV. The Flash Ken 191
XV. The Robbery in Willesden Church 198
XVI. Jonathan Wild's House in the Old 201
Bailey
XVII. The Night Cellar 211
XVIII. How Jack Sheppard broke out of 218
the Cage at Willesden
XIX. Good and Evil 224
EPOCH THE THIRD, 1724.
THE PRISON BREAKER.
CHAPTER I. The Return 231
II. The Burglary at Dollis Hill 249
III. Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with 254
Jonathan Wild
IV. Jack Sheppard's Escape from the 258
New Prison
V. The Disguise 261
VI. Winifred receives two Proposals 278
VII. Jack Sheppard warns Thames 284
Darrell
VIII. Old Bedlam 291
IX. Old Newgate 302
X. How Jack Sheppard got out of the 310
Condemned Hold
XI. Dollis Hill revisited 324
XII. The Well Hole 336
XIII. The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's 346
XIV. How Jack Sheppard was again 367
captured
XV. How Blueskin underwent the Peine 377
Forte et Dure
XVI. How Jack Sheppard's Portrait was 385
painted
XVII. The Iron Bar 397
XVIII. The Bed Room 400
XIX. The Chapel 401
XX. The Leads 405
XXI. What befell Jack Sheppard in the 408
Turner's House
XXII. Fast and Loose 415
XXIII. The last Meeting between Jack 419
Sheppard and his Mother
XXIV. The Pursuit 425
XXV. How Jack Sheppard got rid of his 429
Irons
XXVI. How Jack Sheppard attended his 435
Mother's Funeral
XXVII. How Jack Sheppard was brought 441
back to Newgate
XXVIII. What happened at Dollis Hill 449
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