Chapter iv

Containing sundry curious matters

Chapter v—In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt.

Chapter vi—Containing a dialogue between Sophia and Mrs Honour, which may a little relieve those tender affections which the foregoing scene may have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader.

Chapter vii—A picture of formal courtship in miniature, as it always ought to be drawn, and a scene of a tenderer kind painted at full length.

Chapter xiii—The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; which none of her sex will blame, who are capable of behaving in the same manner. And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience.

Chapter xiv—A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister.

Chapter vii—A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honour.

Chapter viii—Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind.

Chapter ix—The wise demeanour of Mr Western in the character of a magistrate. A hint to justices of peace, concerning the necessary qualifications of a clerk; with extraordinary instances of paternal madness and filial affection.

Chapter x—Containing several matters, natural enough perhaps, but low.

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