6Chapter IV. The reader's neck brought into danger by a description; his escape; and the great condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy.
120BOOK X
7Chapter V. Containing a few common matters, with a very uncommon observation upon them.
121Chapter I. Containing instructions very necessary to be perused by modern critics.
8Chapter VI. Mrs Deborah is introduced into the parish with a simile. A short account of Jenny Jones, with the difficulties and discouragements which may attend young women in the pursuit of learning.
122Chapter II. Containing the arrival of an Irish gentleman, with very extraordinary adventures which ensued at the inn.
9Chapter VII. Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author.
123Chapter III. A dialogue between the landlady and Susan the chamber-maid, proper to be read by all inn-keepers and their servants; with the arrival, and affable behaviour of a beautiful young lady; which may teach persons of condition how they may acquire the love of the whole world.
10Chapter VIII. A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah; containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former.
124Chapter IV. Containing infallible nostrums for procuring universal disesteem and hatred.
11Chapter IX. Containing matters which will surprize the reader.
125Chapter V. Showing who the amiable lady, and her unamiable maid, were.
12Chapter X. The hospitality of Allworthy; with a short sketch of the characters of two brothers, a doctor and a captain, who were entertained by that gentleman.
126Chapter VI. Containing, among other things, the ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and the folly of Fitzpatrick.
13Chapter XI. Containing many rules, and some examples, concerning falling in love: descriptions of beauty, and other more prudential inducements to matrimony.
127Chapter VII. In which are concluded the adventures that happened at the inn at Upton.
14Chapter XII. Containing what the reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it.
128Chapter VIII. In which the history goes backward.
15Chapter XIII. Which concludes the first book; with an instance of ingratitude, which, we hope, will appear unnatural.
129Chapter IX. The escape of Sophia.
16BOOK II
130BOOK XI
17Chapter I. Showing what kind of a history this is; what it is like, and what it is not like.
131Chapter I. A crust for the critics.
18Chapter II. Religious cautions against showing too much favour to bastards; and a great discovery made by Mrs Deborah Wilkins.
132Chapter II. The adventures which Sophia met with after her leaving Upton.
19Chapter III. The description of a domestic government founded upon rules directly contrary to those of Aristotle.
133Chapter III. A very short chapter, in which however is a sun, a moon, a star, and an angel.
20Chapter IV. Containing one of the most bloody battles, or rather duels, that were ever recorded in domestic history.
134Chapter IV. The history of Mrs Fitzpatrick.
21Chapter V. Containing much matter to exercise the judgment and reflection of the reader.
135Chapter V. In which the history of Mrs Fitzpatrick is continued.
22Chapter VI. The trial of Partridge, the schoolmaster, for incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection on the wisdom of our law; with other grave matters, which those will like best who understand them most.
136Chapter VI. In which the mistake of the landlord throws Sophia into a dreadful consternation.
23Chapter VII. A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred: with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends.
137Chapter VII. In which Mrs Fitzpatrick concludes her history.
24Chapter VIII. A receipt to regain the lost affections of a wife, which hath never been known to fail in the most desperate cases.
138Chapter VIII. A dreadful alarm in the inn, with the arrival of an unexpected friend of Mrs Fitzpatrick.
25Chapter IX. A proof of the infallibility of the foregoing receipt, in the lamentations of the widow; with other suitable decorations of death, such as physicians, &c., and an epitaph in the true stile.
139Chapter IX. The morning introduced in some pretty writing. A stagecoach. The civility of chambermaids. The heroic temper of Sophia. Her generosity. The return to it. The departure of the company, and their arrival at London; with some remarks for the use of travellers.
26BOOK III
140Chapter X. Containing a hint or two concerning virtue, and a few more concerning suspicion.
27Chapter I. Containing little or nothing.
141BOOK XII
28Chapter II. The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice. A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster.
142Chapter I. Showing what is to be deemed plagiarism in a modern author, and what is to be considered as lawful prize.
29Chapter III. The character of Mr Square the philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the divine; with a dispute concerning——
143Chapter II. In which, though the squire doth not find his daughter, something is found which puts an end to his pursuit.
30Chapter IV. Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise.
144Chapter III. The departure of Jones from Upton, with what passed between him and Partridge on the road.
31Chapter V. The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters.
145Chapter IV. The adventure of a beggar-man.
32Chapter VI. Containing a better reason still for the before-mentioned opinions.
146Chapter V. Containing more adventures which Mr Jones and his companion met on the road.
33Chapter VII. In which the author himself makes his appearance on the stage.
147Chapter VI. From which it may be inferred that the best things are liable to be misunderstood and misinterpreted.
34Chapter VIII. A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones.
148Chapter VII. Containing a remark or two of our own and many more of the good company assembled in the kitchen.
35Chapter IX. Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square.
149Chapter VIII. In which fortune seems to have been in a better humour with Jones than we have hitherto seen her.
36Chapter X. In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights.
150Chapter IX. Containing little more than a few odd observations.
37BOOK IV
151Chapter X. In which Mr Jones and Mr Dowling drink a bottle together.
38Chapter I. Containing five pages of paper.
152Chapter XI. The disasters which befel Jones on his departure for Coventry; with the sage remarks of Partridge.
39Chapter II. A short hint of what we can do in the sublime, and a description of Miss Sophia Western.
153Chapter XII. Relates that Mr Jones continued his journey, contrary to the advice of Partridge, with what happened on that occasion.
40Chapter III. Wherein the history goes back to commemorate a trifling incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences.
154Chapter XIII. A dialogue between Jones and Partridge.
41Chapter IV. Containing such very deep and grave matters, that some readers, perhaps, may not relish it.
155Chapter XIV. What happened to Mr Jones in his journey from St Albans.
42Chapter V. Containing matter accommodated to every taste.
156BOOK XIII
43Chapter VI. An apology for the insensibility of Mr Jones to all the charms of the lovely Sophia; in which possibly we may, in a considerable degree, lower his character in the estimation of those men of wit and gallantry who approve the heroes in most of our modern comedies.
157Chapter I. An Invocation.
44Chapter VII. Being the shortest chapter in this book.
158Chapter II. What befel Mr Jones on his arrival in London.
45Chapter VIII. A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste.
159Chapter III. A project of Mrs Fitzpatrick, and her visit to Lady Bellaston.
46Chapter IX. Containing matter of no very peaceable colour.
160Chapter IV. Which consists of visiting.
47Chapter X. A story told by Mr Supple, the curate. The penetration of Squire Western. His great love for his daughter, and the return to it made by her.
161Chapter V. An adventure which happened to Mr Jones at his lodgings, with some account of a young gentleman who lodged there, and of the mistress of the house, and her two daughters.
48Chapter XI. The narrow escape of Molly Seagrim, with some observations for which we have been forced to dive pretty deep into nature.
162Chapter VI. What arrived while the company were at breakfast, with some hints concerning the government of daughters.
49Chapter XII. Containing much clearer matters; but which flowed from the same fountain with those in the preceding chapter.
163Chapter VII. Containing the whole humours of a masquerade.
50Chapter XIII. A dreadful accident which befel Sophia. The gallant behaviour of Jones, and the more dreadful consequence of that behaviour to the young lady; with a short digression in favour of the female sex. —
164Chapter VIII. Containing a scene of distress, which will appear very extraordinary to most of our readers.
51Chapter XIV. The arrival of a surgeon.—His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid.
165Chapter IX. Which treats of matters of a very different kind from those in the preceding chapter.
52BOOK V
166Chapter X. A chapter which, though short, may draw tears from some eyes.
53Chapter I. Of the SERIOUS in writing, and for what purpose it is introduced.
167Chapter XI. In which the reader will be surprized.
54Chapter II. In which Mr Jones receives many friendly visits during his confinement; with some fine touches of the passion of love, scarce visible to the naked eye.
168Chapter XII. In which the thirteenth book is concluded.
55Chapter III. Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing.
169BOOK XIV
56Chapter IV. A little chapter, in which is contained a little incident.
170Chapter I. An essay to prove that an author will write the better for having some knowledge of the subject on which he writes.
57Chapter V. A very long chapter, containing a very great incident.
171Chapter II. Containing letters and other matters which attend amours.
58Chapter VI. By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of in the application of the word love.
172Chapter III. Containing various matters.
59Chapter VII. In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed.
173Chapter IV. Which we hope will be very attentively perused by young people of both sexes.
60Chapter VIII. Containing matter rather natural than pleasing.
174Chapter V. A short account of the history of Mrs Miller.
61Chapter IX. Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines, that “drunkenness shows the mind of a man, as a mirrour reflects his person.”
175Chapter VI. Containing a scene which we doubt not will affect all our readers.
62Chapter X. Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency.
176Chapter VII. The interview between Mr Jones and Mr Nightingale.
63Chapter XI. In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile introduces as bloody a battle as can possibly be fought without the assistance of steel or cold iron.
177Chapter VIII. What passed between Jones and old Mr Nightingale; with the arrival of a person not yet mentioned in this history.
64Chapter XII. In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies of Thwackum and Blifil, and of twenty other such, is capable of producing.
178Chapter IX. Containing strange matters.
65BOOK VI
179Chapter X. A short chapter, which concludes the book.
66Chapter I. Of love.
180BOOK XV
67Chapter II. The character of Mrs Western. Her great learning and knowledge of the world, and an instance of the deep penetration which she derived from those advantages.
181Chapter I. Too short to need a preface.
68Chapter III. Containing two defiances to the critics.
182Chapter II. In which is opened a very black design against Sophia.
69Chapter IV. Containing sundry curious matters.
183Chapter III. A further explanation of the foregoing design.
70Chapter V. In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt.
184Chapter IV. By which it will appear how dangerous an advocate a lady is when she applies her eloquence to an ill purpose.
71Chapter 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.
185Chapter V. Containing some matters which may affect, and others which may surprize, the reader.
72Chapter VII. A picture of formal courtship in miniature, as it always ought to be drawn, and a scene of a tenderer kind painted at full length.
186Chapter VI. By what means the squire came to discover his daughter.
73Chapter VIII. The meeting between Jones and Sophia.
187Chapter VII. In which various misfortunes befel poor Jones.
74Chapter IX. Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former.
188Chapter VIII. Short and sweet.
75Chapter X. In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy.
189Chapter IX. Containing love-letters of several sorts.
76Chapter XI. A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader.
190Chapter X. Consisting partly of facts, and partly of observations upon them.
77Chapter XII. Containing love-letters, &c.
191Chapter XI. Containing curious, but not unprecedented matter.
78Chapter XIII. The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; 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.
192Chapter XII. A discovery made by Partridge.
79Chapter XIV. A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister.
193BOOK XVI
80BOOK VII
194Chapter I. Of prologues.
81Chapter I. A comparison between the world and the stage.
195Chapter II. A whimsical adventure which befel the squire, with the distressed situation of Sophia.
82Chapter II. Containing a conversation which Mr Jones had with himself.
196Chapter III. What happened to Sophia during her confinement.
83Chapter III. Containing several dialogues.
197Chapter IV. In which Sophia is delivered from her confinement.
84Chapter IV. A picture of a country gentlewoman taken from the life.
198Chapter V. In which Jones receives a letter from Sophia, and goes to a play with Mrs Miller and Partridge.
85Chapter V. The generous behaviour of Sophia towards her aunt.
199Chapter VI. In which the history is obliged to look back.
86Chapter VI. Containing great variety of matter.
200Chapter VII. In which Mr Western pays a visit to his sister, in company with Mr Blifil.
87Chapter VII. A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honour.
201Chapter VIII. Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones.
88Chapter VIII. Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind.
202Chapter IX. In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs Fitzpatrick.
89Chapter IX. The wise demeanour of Mr Western in the character of a magistrate. A hint to justices of peace, concerning the necessary qualifications of a clerk; with extraordinary instances of paternal madness and filial affection.
203Chapter X. The consequence of the preceding visit.
90Chapter X. Containing several matters, natural enough perhaps, but low.
204BOOK XVII
91Chapter XI. The adventure of a company of soldiers.
205Chapter I. Containing a portion of introductory writing.
92Chapter XII. The adventure of a company of officers.
206Chapter II. The generous and grateful behaviour of Mrs Miller.
93Chapter XIII. Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant.
207Chapter III. The arrival of Mr Western, with some matters concerning the paternal authority.
94Chapter XIV. A most dreadful chapter indeed; and which few readers ought to venture upon in an evening, especially when alone.
208Chapter IV. An extraordinary scene between Sophia and her aunt.
95Chapter XV. The conclusion of the foregoing adventure.
209Chapter V. Mrs Miller and Mr Nightingale visit Jones in the prison.
96BOOK VIII
210Chapter VI. In which Mrs Miller pays a visit to Sophia.
97Chapter I. A wonderful long chapter concerning the marvellous; being much the longest of all our introductory chapters.
211Chapter VII. A pathetic scene between Mr Allworthy and Mrs Miller.
98Chapter II. In which the landlady pays a visit to Mr Jones.
212Chapter VIII. Containing various matters.
99Chapter III. In which the surgeon makes his second appearance.
213Chapter IX. What happened to Mr Jones in the prison.
100Chapter IV. In which is introduced one of the pleasantest barbers that was ever recorded in history, the barber of Bagdad, or he in Don Quixote, not excepted.
214BOOK XVIII
101Chapter V. A dialogue between Mr Jones and the barber.
215Chapter I. A farewel to the reader.
102Chapter VI. In which more of the talents of Mr Benjamin will appear, as well as who this extraordinary person was.
216Chapter II. Containing a very tragical incident.
103Chapter VII. Containing better reasons than any which have yet appeared for the conduct of Partridge; an apology for the weakness of Jones; and some further anecdotes concerning my landlady.
217Chapter III. Allworthy visits old Nightingale; with a strange discovery that he made on that occasion.
104Chapter VIII. Jones arrives at Gloucester, and goes to the Bell; the character of that house, and of a petty-fogger which he there meets with.
218Chapter IV. Containing two letters in very different stiles.
105Chapter 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.
219Chapter V. In which the history is continued.
106Chapter X. In which our travellers meet with a very extraordinary adventure.
220Chapter VI. In which the history is farther continued
107Chapter XI. In which the Man of the Hill begins to relate his history.
221Chapter VII. Continuation of the history.
108Chapter XII. In which the Man of the Hill continues his history.
222Chapter VIII. Further continuation.
109Chapter XIII. In which the foregoing story is farther continued.
223Chapter IX. A further continuation.
110Chapter XIV. In which the Man of the Hill concludes his history.
224Chapter X. Wherein the history begins to draw towards a conclusion.
111Chapter XV. A brief history of Europe; and a curious discourse between Mr Jones and the Man of the Hill.
225Chapter XI. The history draws nearer to a conclusion.
112BOOK IX
226Chapter XII. Approaching still nearer to the end.
113Chapter I. Of those who lawfully may, and of those who may not, write such histories as this.
227Chapter the last.
114Chapter II. Containing a very surprizing adventure indeed, which Mr Jones met with in his walk with the Man of the Hill.
