The Vicar Of Wakefield : A Tale / Supposed to be written by Himself. Berlin : Mylius, 1769
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Chap. I. The description of the fámily of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevàils as well of minds as of pérsons.
Chap. II. Fámily misfórtunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrèase the pride of the wórthy.
Chap. III. A migràtion. The fórtunate circumstances of our lives are génerally foùnd at last to be aof our own procùring.
Chap. IV. A pròof that even the h
Chap. V. A nèw and great aquàintance introdùced. What we place mòst hòpes upon génerally proves most fàtal.
Chap. VI. The happiness of a country fire-side.
Chap. VII. A town wit discribed. The dullest féllows may léarn to be cómical for a night or twò.
Chap. VIII. An amòur, which prómisses little good fórtune, yet may be prodúctive of much.
Chap. IX. Two ladies of great distinction introduced. Superior finery ever seems to confer superior breeding.
Chap. X. The fámily endéavours to còpe with their bétters. The miseries of the pòor, when they attémpt to appéar above their circumstances.
Chap. XI. The fámily still resólve to hold úp their héads.
Chap. XII. Fórtune seems resólved to humble the fámily of Wakefield. Mortificàtions are often more pàinful than rèal calámities.
Chap. XIII. Mr. Búrchell is foùnd to be an énemy; for he has the cónfidence to give disagrèeable advice.
Chap. XIV. Fresh mortificátions, or a demonstration that seeming calúmities may be real bléssings.
Chap. XV. All Mr. Búrchell's villainy at once detécted. The fólly of being óver-wise.
Chap. XVI. The fámily use art, which is oppòsed with still gréater.
Chap. XVII. Scare any virtue found to resist the power of long and pléasing temptàtion.
Chap. XVIII. The pursùit of fàther to reclàim a lost child to virtue.
Chap. XIX. The description of a Person disconténted with the present góvernment, and apprehénsive of the loss of our liberties.
Chap. XX. The history of a philósophic vágabond, pursùing nòvelty, but losing contént.
Chap. XXI. The short continuance of friendship amongst the vicious, which is coèval only with mùtual satisfáction.
Chap. XXII. Offénces are èasily pàrdoned where there is lòve at bóttom.
Chap. XXIII. Nòne but the guilty ca be long and complètely miserable.
Chap. XXIV. Fresh calámities.
Chap. XXV. No situàtion, howéver wretched it sèems, but has some sort of cómfort atténding it.
Chap. XXVI. A reformàtion in the gàol. To make laws complète, they should rewàrd as well as púnish.
Chap. XXVII. The same súbject continued.
Chap. XXVIII. Háppiness and misery rather the resúlt of prúdence than of virtue in this life. Témporal evils or felicities being regárded by héaven as things mèrely in themselves trifling and unwórthy its càre in the distribution.
Chap. XXIX. The equal dèalings of próvidence demónstrated with regàrd to the happy and the miserable here belów. That from the náture of pleasure and pàin, the wretched must be repàid the balance of their súfferings in the life hereáfter.
Chap. XXX. Happier próspects begin to appèar. Let us be infléxible, and fórtune will at last chànge in our fàvour.
Chap. XXXI. Former benévolence now repaid with unexpécted interest.
Chap. XXXII. The Conclùsion.
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