The History of John Bull

The History of John Bull
John Arbuthnot, physician, satirist and polymath (1667-1735))

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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
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