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CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOLUME.
THE LIFE OF DR. OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
THE VICAR OF WAKEField.
CHAP. I.
THE defcription of the family of Wakefield, in which
a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of
perfons.....
CHAP. II.
page 1
Family misfortunes. The lofs of fortune only ferves to
increase the pride of the worthy.
CHAP. III.
5
A migration. The fortunate circumftances of our lives
are generally found at last to be of our own pro- curing.
9
VOL. I.
a
A proof
CHAP. IV.
A proof that even the humbleft fortune may grant
happiness, which depends not on circumftance but
conftitution.
CHAP. V.
16
A new and great acquaintance introduced. What
we place most hopes upon, generally proves most
fatal.
20
CHAP. VI.
The happiness of a country fire-fide.
CHAP. VII. :
24
A town wit defcribed. The dulleft fellows may learn
to be comical for a night or two..
CHAP. VIII.
28
An amour, which promifes little good fortune, yet may
be productive of much.
CHAP. IX.
33.
Two ladies of great diftinction introduced. Superior
finery ever feems to confer fuperior breeding... 43
CHAP. X.
The family endeavours to cope with their betters. The
miferies of the poor when they attempt to appear
above their circumftances.
47
CHAP. XI.
The family ftill refolve to hold
up
their heads..... 51
CHAP.
CHAP. XII.
Fortune Jeems refolved to humble the family of Wake-
field. Mortifications are often more painful than
real calamities.
57
CHAP. XIII.
Mr. Burchell is found to be an enemy, for he has the
confidence to give difagreeable advice.
CHAP. XIV.
62
Fresh mortifications, or a demonftration that seeming
calamities may be real bleffings.
CHAP. XV.
66
All Mr. Burchell's villainy at once detected. The
folly of being over-wife.
...
72
CHAP. XVI.
The family ufe art, which is oppofed with fill
greater.
78
CHAP. XVII.
Scarcely any virtue found to refift the power of long
and pleafing temptation..
CHAP. XVIII.
84
The pursuit of a father to reclaim a loft child to
CHAP. XIX.
The defcription of a perfon discontented with the prefent
government, and apprehenfive of the loss of our
liberties.
CHAP. XX.
98
The history of a philofophic vagabond pursuing
novelty, but lofing content.
CHAP. XXI.
107
The fhort continuance of friendship among ft the vicious,
which is coeval only with mutual fatisfaction. 123
CHAP. XXII.
Offences are easily pardoned where there is love at
bottom.
CHAP. XXIII.
132
None but the guilty can be long and completely mi-
ferable.
CHAP. XXIV.
Fresh calamities.
136
141
CHAP. XXV.
No fituation, however wretched it seems, but has fome
fort of comfort attending it.
CHAP. XXVI.
146
A reformation in the gaol. To make laws complete
they should reward as well as punish.
......
151
CHAP. XXVII.
The fame fubject continued.
CHAP. XXVIII.
157
Happiness and mifery rather the refult of prudence
than of virtue in this life. Temporal evils or feli-
cities being regarded by heaven as things merely in
themselves trifling and unworthy its care in the dif
tribution.
161
CHAP. XXIX.
The equal dealings of Providence demonftrated with
regard to the happy and the miferable here below.
That from the nature of pleasure and pain, the
wretched must be repaid the balance of their fuffer-
ings in the life hereafter.
172
CHAP. XXX.
Happier profpects begin to appear.
flexible, and fortune will at last
favour.
177
CHAP. XXXI.