CONTENTS OF THIRD VOLUME.
| PAGE | |
| TEMPER | 5 |
| A WOMAN'S LOVE | 175 |
| A WIFE'S DUTY; being a continuation of a Woman's Love | 209 |
| THE TWO SONS | 269 |
| THE OPPOSITE NEIGHBOUR | 300 |
| LOVE, MYSTERY, AND SUPERSTITION | 321 |
| AFTER THE BALL; OR, THE TWO SIR WILLIAMS | 363 |
| FALSE OR TRUE; OR, THE JOURNEY TO LONDON | 375 |
| THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ODD-TEMPERED MAN | 394 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS OF LYING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES: | |
| Chap. I.—Introduction | 414 |
| Chap. II.—On the Active and Passive Lies of Vanity—The Stage Coach—Unexpected Discoveries | 415 |
| Chap. III.—On the Lies of Flattery—The Turban | 427 |
| Chap. IV.—Lies of Fear—The Bank-Note | 431 |
| Chap. V.—Lies falsely called Lies of Benevolence—A Tale of Potted Sprats—An Authoress and her Auditors | 434 |
| Chap. VI.—Lies of Convenience—Projects Defeated | 437 |
| Chap. VII.—Lies of Interest—The Screen | 441 |
| Chap. VIII.—Lies of First-Rate Malignity—The Orphan | 445 |
| Chap. IX.—Lies of Second-Rate Malignity—The Old Gentleman and the Young One | 451 |
| Chap. X.—Lies of Benevolence—Mistaken Kindness—Father and Son | 455 |
| Chap. XI.—Lies of Wantonness and Practical Lies | 465 |
| Chap. XII.—Our own Experience of the Painful Results of Lying | 467 |
| Chap. XIII.—Lying the most common of all Vices | 470 |
| Chap. XIV.—Extracts from Lord Bacon, and others | 471 |
| Chap. XV.—Observations on the Extracts from Hawkesworth and others | 478 |
| Chap. XVI.—Religion the only Basis of Truth | 480 |
| Chap. XVII.—The same subject continued | 491 |
| Conclusion | 493 |
A WOMAN'S LOVE, AND A WIFE'S DUTY.
You command, and I obey: still, so conscious am I of the deceitfulness of the human heart, and especially of my own, that I am doubtful whether I am not following the dictates of self-love, when I seem to be actuated by friendship only; as you have repeatedly assured me, that the story of my life will not alone amuse and interest you, but also hold up to an injudicious and suffering friend of yours, a salutary example of the patient fulfilment of a wife's duty.
There is something very gratifying to one's self-love, in being held up as an example: but remember, I beg, that while to oblige you I draw the veil from past occurrences, and live over again the most trying scenes of my life, I think myself more a warning than an example; and that, if I exhibit in any degree, that difficult and sometimes painful task—the fulfilment of a wife's duty—I at the same time exhibit the rash and dangerous fervour of a Woman's Love.
I must begin my narrative, by a short account of my progenitors.