The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

CHAPTER I.

An Account of Mr. Gamaliel Pickle--The Disposition of his Sister described--He yields to her Solicitations, and returns to the Country.

In a certain county of England, bounded on one side by the sea, and at the distance of one hundred miles from the metropolis, lived Gamaliel Pickle, esq.; the father of that hero whose fortunes we propose to record. He was the son o...