The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
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9. Two ladies of great distinction introduced. Superior finery ever seems to confer superior breeding 10. The family endeavours to cope with their betters. The miseries of the poor when they attempt to appear above their circumstances 11. The family still resolve to hold up their heads 12. Fortune seems resolved to humble the family of Wakefield. Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities 13. Mr Burchell is found to be an enemy; for he has the confidence to give disagreeable advice 14. Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration that seeming calamities may be real blessings 15. All Mr Burchell's villainy at once detected. The folly of being-over-wise 16. The Family use art, which is opposed with still greater 17. Scarce any virtue found to resist the power of long and pleasing temptation 18. The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lost child to virtue 19. The description of a Person discontented with the present government, and apprehensive of the loss of our liberties |
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