Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

London

Printed for T. Johnson

1753

He had before this time, been smit with the ambition of making a conquest of the young lady's heart

In the practice of these improvements and avocations, and in attendance upon his young master, whom he took care never to disoblige or neglect, he attained to the age of sixteen, without feeling the least abatement in the friendship and generosity of those upon whom he depended; but, on the contrary, receiving every day fresh marks of their bounty and regard. He had before this time, been smit with the ambition of making a conquest of the young lady's heart; and foresaw manifold advantages to himself, in becoming son-in-law to count Melvil, who, he never doubted, would soon be reconciled to the match, if once it could be affectuated without his knowledge. Although he thought he had great reason to believe that Mademoiselle looked upon him with an eye of peculiar favour, his disposition was happily tempered with an ingredient of caution, that hindered him from acting with precipitation, and he had discerned in the young lady's deportment certain indications of loftiness and pride, which kept him in the utmost vigilance of circumspection; for, he knew that by a premature declaration, he should run the risque of forfeiting all the advantages he had gained, and blasting those expectations that now blossomed so gaily in his heart.

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Smollett, Tobias. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. (London: printed for T. Johnson, 1753).

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