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BOOK II.
CONTAINING SUNDEY ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES OF
GOOD LIVING, WITH A FEW CHAPTERS ON DOMESTIC FELICITY.

• Some passages in the life of John H. Higginson, Esq., the happy
  sportsman, with a surprising affliction that befell the Author Page 72

• The Author, being in prison, makes a confidant of a deputy attorney-general.—The
  inconvenience of telling a truth which
  happens to be somewhat incredible... 79

• Sheppard Lee is visited by new friends, released from prison, and
  carried to his new place of abode... 85

• Containing illustrations of the advantages of dying an unusual
  death in times of high political excitement... 90

• The true meaning of the word Podagra... 94

• Sheppard Lee's introduction to his wife, and his suspicion that all
  is not gold that glistens... 100

• A comparison between dunning and scolding, with some thoughts
  on suicide... 106

• Sheppard Lee forms sundry acquaintances, some of which are
  genteel... 111

• The Author grows weary of his wife, and mistakes the river
  Schuylkill for the river Lethe.—The tragical adventure that befell
  a young gentleman in that romantic tide, with its effects
  upon the destinies of Sheppard Lee... 120