The Fable of the Bees
- Subtitle
- Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. THE GRUMBLING HIVE: OR, KNAVES TURN’D HONEST.4. THE INTRODUCTION.5. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF MORAL VIRTUE.6. REMARKS.7. REMARKS. (continued 2)8. REMARKS. (continued 3)9. REMARKS. (continued 4)10. AN ESSAY ON CHARITY, AND CHARITY-SCHOOLS.11. AN ESSAY ON CHARITY, AND CHARITY-SCHOOLS. (continued 2)12. A SEARCH INTO THE NATURE OF SOCIETY.13. A VINDICATION OF THE Book, from the Aspersions contained in a Presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, And an Abusive Letter to Lord C——14. PART II.15. PREFACE.16. THE FIRST DIALOGUE. BETWEEN HORATIO, CLEOMENES, and FULVIA.17. THE SECOND DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES18. THE THIRD DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES.19. THE FOURTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES.20. THE FIFTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES.21. THE FIFTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES. (continued 2)22. THE SIXTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES23. THE SIXTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORATIO AND CLEOMENES (continued 2)24. INDEX.25. Colophon