VII. Sayings of wise men. A dialogue between
the Lady and her maid; and a panegyric, or
rather satire, on the passion of love, in the su-
blime style,
VIII. In which, after some very fine writing, the
history goes on, and relates the interview be-
tween the Lady and Joseph; where the latter
hath set an example which we despair of seeing
followed by his sex in this vicious age,
IX. What passed between the Lady and Mrs Slip-
slop, in which we prophecy there are some
strokes which every one will not truly compre-
hend at the first reading,
X. Giving an account of the strange catastrophe of
the preceding adventure, which drew poor Adams
into fresh calamities; and who the woman was,
who owed the preservation of her chastity to his
victorious arm,
IX. Which, among other things, may serve as a
comment on that saying of Eschines, that
"Drunkenness shews the mind of a man, as a
mirror reflects his person,"
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X. Shewing the truth of many observations of
Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who
have proved, beyond contradiction, that wine is
often the fore-runner of incontinency,
XI. In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a
mile, introduces as bloody a battle as can possi-
bly be fought without the assistance of steel or
cold iron,
Containing about Three Weeks.
II. The character of Mrs Western.
learning and knowledge of the world, and an in-
stance of the deep penetration which she derived
from these advantages,.
III. Containing two defiances to the Critics,
IV. Containing sundry curious matters,
V. In which is related what passed between Sophia
and her Aunt,
VII. A picture of formal courtship in miniature,
as it always ought to be drawn; and a scene of
a tender kind painted at full length,
VIII. The meeting between Jones and Sophia,
IX. Being of a much more tempestuous kind than
the former,
X. In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy,
XI. A short chapter; but which contains sufficient
matter to affect the good-natured reader,
XII. Containing love-letters, &c.
XIII. The behaviour of Sophia on the present oc-
casion; which none of her sex will blame, who
are capable of behaving in the same manner.
And the discussion of a knotty point in the
Court of Conscience,
VI. Containing a dialogue between Sophia and
Mrs Honour, which may a little relieve those
tender affections which the foregoing scene may
have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader, 232 | VII. Containing better reasons than any which
have yet appeared for the conduct of Partridge;
an apology for the weakness of Jones; and some
farther anecdotes concerning my Landlady,
VIII. Jones arrives at Gloucester, and goes to the
Bell; the character of that house, and of a Pet-
tifogger which he there meets with,
IX. Containing several dialogues between Jones
and Partridge concerning love, cold, hunger,
and other matters; with the lucky and narrow
escape of Partridge, as he was on the very brink
of making a fatal discovery to his friend,
X. In which our Travellers meet with a very ex-
traordinary adventure, .