Introductory material
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TEMPER 5
A WOMAN'S LOVE 175
A WIFE'S DUTY; being a continuation of a Woman's Love 209
THE TWO SONS 269
THE OPPOSITE NEIGHBOUR 300
LOVE, MYSTERY, AND SUPERSTITION 321
AFTER THE BALL; OR, THE TWO SIR WILLIAMS 363
FALSE OR TRUE; OR, THE JOURNEY TO LONDON 375
THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ODD-TEMPERED MAN 394
ILLUSTRATIONS OF LYING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES:
Chap. I.—Introduction 414
Chap. II.—On the Active and Passive Lies of Vanity—The Stage Coach—Unexpected Discoveries 415
Chap. III.—On the Lies of Flattery—The Turban 427
Chap. IV.—Lies of Fear—The Bank-Note 431
Chap. V.—Lies falsely called Lies of Benevolence—A Tale of Potted Sprats—An Authoress and her Auditors 434
Chap. VI.—Lies of Convenience—Projects Defeated 437
Chap. VII.—Lies of Interest—The Screen 441
Chap. VIII.—Lies of First-Rate Malignity—The Orphan 445
Chap. IX.—Lies of Second-Rate Malignity—The Old Gentleman and the Young One 451
Chap. X.—Lies of Benevolence—Mistaken Kindness—Father and Son 455
Chap. XI.—Lies of Wantonness and Practical Lies 465
Chap. XII.—Our own Experience of the Painful Results of Lying 467
Chap. XIII.—Lying the most common of all Vices 470
Chap. XIV.—Extracts from Lord Bacon, and others 471
Chap. XV.—Observations on the Extracts from Hawkesworth and others 478
Chap. XVI.—Religion the only Basis of Truth 480
Chap. XVII.—The same subject continued 491
Conclusion 493