The Vicar Of Wakefield : A Tale Supposed To Be Written By Himself / [Oliver Goldsmith]. Hannover : Hahn, [ca. 1800]
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- Titelblatt
- The Vicar Of Wakefield: A Tale.
- Chap. I. The Description of the Family of Wakefield, in which a kindred Likeness prevails, as well of Minds as of Persons.
- 7Chap. II. Family Misfortunes. The Loss of Fortune only serves to increase the Pride of the Worthy.
- 11Chap. III. A Migration. The fortuunate Circumstances of our Lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring.
- 18Chap. IV. A Proof that even the humblest Fortune may grant Happiness, which depends not on Circmstances, but Constitution.
- 22Chap. V. A new and great Acquaintance introduced. What we place most Hopes upon generally proves most fatal.
- 26Chap. VI. The Happiness of a Country Fire-side.
- 30Chap. VII. A Town Wit described. The dullest Fellows may learn to be comical for a Nigth or two.
- 35Chap. VIII. An Amour, which promises little good Fortune, yet may be productive of much.
- 42Chap. IX. Two Ladies of great Distinction introduced. Superior Finery ever seems to confer superior Breeding.
- 46Chap. X. The Family endeavour to cope with their betters. The Miseries of the Poor when they attempt to appear above their Cicrumstances.
- 50Chap. XI. The Family still resolve to hold up their Heads.
- 56Chap. XII. Fortune seems resolved to humble the Family of Wakefield. Mortifications are often more painful than real Calamities.
- 61Chap. XIII. Mr. Burchell is found to be an Enemy; for he has the Confidence to give disagreeable Advice.
- 65Chap. XIV. Fresh Mortifications; or, a Demonstration that seeming Calamities may ce real Blessings.
- 71Chap. XV. All Mr. Burchell's Villainy at once detected. The Folly of being over wise.
- 77Chap. XVI. The Family use Art, which opossed by still greater.
- 82Chap. XVII. Scarce any Virtue found to resist the Power of long and pleasing Temptation.
- 91Chap. XVIII. The Pursuit of a Father to reclaim a lost Child to Virtue.
- 96Chap. XIX. The Description of a Person discontented with the present Government, and apprehensive of the Loss of our Liberties.
- 105Chap. XX. The History of a Philosophic Vagabond, pursuing Novelty, but losing Content.
- 121Chap. XXI. The short Continuance of Friendship amongst the Vicious, which is coeval only with mutual Satisfaction.
- 130Chap. XXII. Offences are easily pardoned where there is Love at bottom.
- 134Chap. XXIII. None but the Guilty can be long and completely, miserable.
- 139Chap. XXIV. Fresh Calamities.
- 144Chap. XXV. No Situation, however wretched it seems, but has some sort of Comfort attending it.
- 149Chap. XXVII. A Reformation in the Gaol. To make Laws complete, they should reward as well as punish.
- 155Chap. XXVII. The same Subject continued.
- 159Chap. XXIX. Happiness and Misery rather the Result of Prudence than of Virtue in this Life; temporal Evils or Felicities being regarded by Heaven as Thinigs merely in themselves trifling, and unworthy its Care in the Distribution.
- 171Chap. XXX. The equal Dealings of Providence demonstratet with regard to the happy and the miserable here below. That from the Nature of Pleasure and Pain, the wretched must be repaid the Balance of their Sufferings in the Life hereafter.
- 176Chap. XXXI. Happier Prospect begin to appear. Let us be in flexible, and Fortune will at last change in our Favour.
- 184Chap. XXXII. Former Benevolence now repaid with unexpected Interest.
- 201Chap. XXXIII. The Conclusion.
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