Chapter v — Containing much matter to exercise
the judgment and reflection of the reader.
Chapter 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.
Chapter 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.
Chapter viii — A receipt to regain the
lost affections of a wife, which hath never been known
to fail in the most desperate cases.
Chapter 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.
Book iii — containing the
most memorable transactions which
passed in the family of Mr
Allworthy, from the time when
Tommy Jones arrived at the
age of fourteen, till he attained
the age of Nineteen. In
this book the reader may
pick up some hints concerning
the education of children.
Chapter i — Containing little or nothing.
Chapter 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.
Chapter iii — The character of Mr Square
the philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the divine; with
a dispute concerning——
Chapter iv.
Containing a necessary apology for the author; and
a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology
likewise —
Chapter v. — The opinions of the divine
and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with
some reasons for their opinions, and other matters.
Chapter vi — Containing a better reason
still for the before-mentioned opinions.
Chapter vii — In which the author himself
makes his appearance on the stage.
Chapter viii — A childish incident, in
which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition
in Tom Jones.
Chapter ix — Containing an incident of
a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum
and Square.
Chapter x — In which Master Blifil and
Jones appear in different lights.
Chapter i — Containing five pages of paper.
Chapter ii — A short hint of what we can
do in the sublime, and a description of Miss Sophia
Western.
