OF

HENRY FIELDING, ESQ.

With an Essay on bis Life and Gentus

BY

ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION

EDITED BY

JAMES P. BROWNE, M.D. (EDINB.)

IN ELEVEN VOLUMES

VOL. VII.

LONDON

BICKERS AND SON

1903

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SEVENTH VOLUME.

Continuation of Tom Jones; or, The History of a

Foundling.

BOOK X.

In which the history goes forward about twelve hours.

CHAP.

I. Containing instructions very necessary to be

perused by modern critics.

II. Containing the arrival of an Irish gentleman,

with very extraordinary adventures which

ensued at the inn

III. A dialogue between the landlady and Susan

the chambermaid, proper to be read by all

innkeepers and their servants; with the

arrival, and affable behaviour of a beau-

tiful young lady; which may teach per-

sons of condition how they may acquire

the love of the whole world

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IV. Containing infallible nostrums for procuring

universal disesteem and hatred

V. Shewing who the amiable lady, and her un-

amiable maid, were

VI. Containing, among other things, the ingenuity

of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and

the folly of Fitzpatrick

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VII. In which are concluded the adventures that

happened at the inn at Upton

VIII. In which the history goes backward

IX. The escape of Sophia

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BOOK XI.

Containing about three days.

I. A crust for the critics

II. The adventures which Sophia met with after

her leaving Upton

III. A very short chapter, in which, however, is a

sun, a moon, a star, and an angel

IV. The history of Mrs. Fitzpatrick

V. In which the history of Mrs. Fitzpatrick is

continued.

VI. In which the mistake of the landlord throws

Sophia into a dreadful consternation.

VII. In which Mrs. Fitzpatrick concludes her his-

tory

VIII. A dreadful alarm in the inn, with the arrival

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IX. The morning introduced in some pretty writ-

ing. A stage coach. The civility of cham-

bermaids. The heroic temper of Sophia.

Her generosity.

departure of the

rival at London;

the use of travellers

X. Containing a hint or two concerning virtue,

and a few more concerning suspicion.

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