Chapter VI: Book V: Containing a Portion of Time Somewhat Longer Than Half a Year

Chapter i. — Of the SERIOUS in writing, and for what purpose it is introduced.

Chapter ii. — In which Mr Jones receives many friendly visits during his confinement; with some fine touches of the passion of love, scarce visible to the naked eye.

Chapter iii. — Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing.

Chapter iv. — A little chapter, in which is contained a little incident.

Chapter v. — A very long chapter, containing a very great incident.

Chapter vi. — By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of in the application of the word love.

Chapter vii. — In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed.

Chapter viii. — Containing matter rather natural than pleasing.

Chapter ix. — Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines, that “drunkenness shows the mind of a man, as a mirrour reflects his person.”

Chapter x. — Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency.

Chapter xi. — In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile introduces as bloody a battle as can possibly be fought without the assistance of steel or cold iron.

Chapter xii. — In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies of Thwackum and Blifil, and of twenty other such, is capable of producing.