Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. The Works of Henry Fielding, Volume Six: Miscellanies
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The Works of Henry Fielding. Volume Six. Miscellanies.
THE WORKS OF
HENRY
FIELDING
VOLUME SIX
Miscellanies
THE
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD
TO THE: NEXT, ETC., ETC.
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
BOOK I
CHAPTER I.
The author dies, meets with Mercury, and is by him conducted to the stage which sets out for the other world. . . . . . . . .5
CHAPTER II.
In which the author first refutes some idle opinions concerning spirits, and then the passengers relate their several deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
CHAPTER III.
The adventures we met with in the City of Diseases . . . . . . 16
CHAPTER IV.
Discourses on the road, and n description of the palace of Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAPTER V.
The travelers proceed on their journey, and meet several spirits who are coming into the flesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CHAPTER VI.
An account of the wheel of fortune, with a method of preparing a spirit for this world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CHAPTER VII.
The proceedings of judge Minos at the gate of Elysium. . . . . 40
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CHAPTER VIII.
The adventures which the author met on his first entrance into Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CHAPTER IX.
More adventures in Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CHAPTER X.
The author is surprised at meeting Julian the apostate in Elysium; but is satisfied by him by what means he procured his entrance there. Julian relates his adventures in the character of a slave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CHAPTER XI.
In which Julian relates his adventures in the character of an avaricious Jew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CHAPTER XII.
What happened to Julian in the characters of a general, an heir, a carpenter, and a beau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CHAPTER XIII.
Julian passes into a fop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
CHAPTER XIV.
Adventures in the person of a monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
CHAPTER XV.
Julian passes into the character of a fiddler. . . . . . . . . 82
CHAPTER XVI.
The history of the wise man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
CHAPTER XVII.
Julian enters into the person of a king. . . . . . . . . . . . 97
CHAPTER XVIII.
Julian passes into a fool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
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CHAPTER XIX.
Julian appears in the character of a beggar. . . . . . . . . .112
CHAPTER XX.
Julian performs the part of a statesman. . . . . . . . . . . .119
CHAPTER XXI.
Julian's adventures in the post of a soldier . . . . . . . . .128
CHAPTER XXII.
What happened to Julian in the person of a tailor. . . . . . .136
CHAPTER XXIII.
The life of alderman Julian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
CHAPTER XXIV.
Julian recounts what happened to him while he was a poet . . .149
CHAPTER XXV.
Julian performs the parts of a knight and a dancing-master . .154
BOOK XIX
CHAPTER VII.
Wherein Anna Boleyn relates the history of her life. . . . . .157
THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO LISBON.
DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
THE VOYAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
