| Title | : | The History of John Bull |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | John Arbuthnot |
| Release | : | 2015-01-22 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Classics, Books, Fiction & Literature |
| Size | : | 488856 |
| The History of John Bull John Arbuthnot, physician, satirist and polymath (1667-1735)) This ebook presents «The History of John Bull», from John Arbuthnot. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION BY HENRY MORLEY -03- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -04- PART I. THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL -05- CHAPTER I. THE OCCASION OF THE LAW SUIT -06- CHAPTER II. HOW BULL AND FROG GREW JEALOUS THAT THE LORD STRUTT INTENDED TO GIVE ALL HIS CUSTOM TO HIS GRANDFATHER LEWIS BABOON -07- CHAPTER III. A COPY OF BULL AND FROG'S LETTER TO LORD STRUTT -08- CHAPTER IV. HOW BULL AND FROG WENT TO LAW WITH LORD STRUTT ABOUT THE PREMISES, AND WERE JOINED BY THE REST OF THE TRADESMEN -09- CHAPTER V. THE TRUE CHARACTERS OF JOHN BULL, NIC FROG, AND HOCUS -10- CHAPTER VI. OF THE VARIOUS SUCCESS OF THE LAWSUIT -11- CHAPTER VII. HOW JOHN BULL WAS SO MIGHTILY PLEASED WITH HIS SUCCESS THAT HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE OFF HIS TRADE AND TURN LAWYER -12- CHAPTER VIII. HOW JOHN DISCOVERED THAT HOCUS HAD AN INTRIGUE WITH HIS WIFE -13- CHAPTER IX. HOW SOME QUACKS UNDERTOOK TO CURE MRS. BULL OF HER ULCER -14- CHAPTER X. OF JOHN BULL'S SECOND WIFE, AND THE GOOD ADVICE THAT SHE GAVE HIM -15- CHAPTER XI. HOW JOHN LOOKED OVER HIS ATTORNEY'S BILL -16- CHAPTER XII. HOW JOHN GREW ANGRY, AND RESOLVED TO ACCEPT A COMPOSITION -17- CHAPTER XIII. MRS BULL'S VINDICATION OF THE INDISPENSABLE DUTY INCUMBENT UPON WIVES IN CASE OF THE TYRANNY, INFIDELITY, OR INSUFFICIENCY OF HUSBANDS -18- CHAPTER XIV. THE TWO GREAT PARTIES OF WIVES, THE DEVOTOS AND THE HITTS -19- CHAPTER XV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN MRS. BULL AND DON DIEGO -20- CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE GUARDIANS OF THE DECEASED MRS BULL'S THREE DAUGHTERS CAME TO JOHN, AND WHAT ADVICE THEY GAVE HIM -21- CHAPTER XVII. ESQUIRE SOUTH'S MESSAGE AND LETTER TO MRS BULL -22- PART II. THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL -23- THE PUBLISHER'S PREFACE -24- CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTER OF JOHN BULL'S MOTHER -25- CHAPTER II. THE CHARACTER OF JOHN BULL'S SISTER PEG -26- CHAPTER III. JACK'S CHARMS -27- CHAPTER IV. HOW THE RELATIONS RECONCILED JOHN AND HIS SISTER PEG, AND WHAT RETURN PEG MADE TO JOHN'S MESSAGE -28- CHAPTER V. OF SOME QUARRELS THAT HAPPENED AFTER PEG WAS TAKEN INTO THE FAMILY -29- CHAPTER VI. THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN JOHN BULL AND HIS WIFE -30- CHAPTER VII. OF THE HARD SHIFTS MRS BULL WAS PUT TO PRESERVE THE MANOR OF BULLOCK'S HATCH, WITH SIR ROGER'S METHOD TO KEEP OFF IMPORTUNATE DUNS -31- CHAPTER VIII. A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION BETWIXT JOHN BULL AND HIS WIFE -32- CHAPTER IX. A COPY OF NIC FROG'S LETTER TO JOHN BULL -33- CHAPTER X. OF SOME EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT PASSED AT THE SALUTATION TAVERN -34- CHAPTER XI. THE APPREHENDING, EXAMINATION, AND IMPRISONMENT OF JACK FOR SUSPICION OF POISONING -35- CHAPTER XII. HOW JACK'S FRIENDS CAME TO VISIT HIM IN PRISON, AND WHAT ADVICE THEY GAVE HIM -36- CHAPTER XIII. HOW JACK HANGED HIMSELF UP BY THE PERSUASION OF HIS FRIENDS, WHO BROKE THEIR WORDS, AND LEFT HIS NECK IN THE NOOSE -37- CHAPTER XIV. THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN DON DIEGO AND JOHN BULL -38- CHAPTER XV. THE SEQUEL OF THE MEETING AT THE SALUTATION -39- CHAPTER XVI. HOW JOHN BULL AND NIC FROG SETTLED THEIR ACCOUNTS -40- CHAPTER XVII. HOW JOHN BULL FOUND ALL HIS FAMILY IN AN UPROAR AT HOME -41- CHAPTER XVIII. HOW LEWIS BABOON CAME TO VISIT JOHN BULL, AND WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM -42- CHAPTER XIX. NIC FROG'S LETTER TO JOHN BULL -43- CHAPTER XX. THE DISCOURSE THAT PASSED BETWEEN NIC FROG AND ESQUIRE SOUTH, WHICH JOHN BULL OVERHEARD -44- CHAPTER XXI. THE REST OF NIC'S FETCHES TO KEEP JOHN OUT OF ECCLESDOWN CASTLE -45- CHAPTER XXII. OF THE GREAT JOY THAT JOHN EXPRESSED WHEN HE GOT POSSESSION OF ECCLESDOWN -46- POSTSCRIPT |
