A new tale of a tub: written for the delight and instruction of every British subject in particular, and all the world in general.
- Title
- A new tale of a tub: written for the delight and instruction of every British subject in particular, and all the world in general.
- Author
- Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.
- Publication
- London :: printed for J. Ridgway,
- 1790.
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"A new tale of a tub: written for the delight and instruction of every British subject in particular, and all the world in general." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004832139.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- half title
- title page
- THE EDITOR UNTO THE CHRISTIAN READER.
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A NEW TALE OF A TUB.
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CHAPTER I. Birth, parentage and education, of James Tory. -
CHAPTER II. How James Tory came to England and became manager of an estate. -
CHAPTER III. Digression on Estates. -
CHAPTER IV. First appearance of Will Whig. -
CHAPTER V. Of the family of the Whigs. -
CHAPTER VI. Digression on pedigrees. -
CHAPTER VII. Digression upon old books, and old wigs. -
CHAPTER VIII. How Will Whig opposed James Tory. -
CHAPTER IX. How James Tory turned Papist, and got upon a high Horse, and rode to the Devil. -
CHAPTER X. How Will Whig became manager of the Estate. -
CHAPTER XI. How Will Whig increased the rents, and em∣ployed them in bribery. -
CHAPTER XII. How James Tory opposedd Will Whig. -
CHAPTER XIII. Digresson upon Opposition. -
CHAPTER XIV. How Will Whig proved that a high horse is a low one. -
CHAPTER XV. How James Tory supplanted Will Whig in the management. -
CHAPTER XVI. How James bribed, and swore, and lied. -
CHAPTER XVII. How James lost a part of the estate. -
CHAPTER XVIII. How James and Will formed a coalition. -
CHAPTER XIX. A digression on coalitions. -
CHAPTER XX. The birth and education of Jack Common-good. -
CHAPTER XXI. The Speech of Jack to James and Will. -
CHAPTER XXII. Jack's visit to Frankland. -
CHAPTER XXIII. How Jack Common-good was made manager of the estate. -
CHAPTER XXIV. How Jack reformed the Estate.
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