Better Gutenberg
Free, beautifully formatted public-domain ebooks

The History of John Bull

by John Arbuthnot

33 sections · Download EPUB

Start reading ›
  1. 1By John Arbuthnot, M.D
  2. 2Introduction by Henry Morley
  3. 3Author's Preface
  4. 4Chapter I — The Occasion of the Law Suit
  5. 5Chapter III — A Copy of Bull and Frog's Letter to Lord Strutt
  6. 6Chapter V — The true characters of John Bull, Nic. Frog, and Hocus.*
  7. 7Chapter VI — Of the various success of the Lawsuit.*
  8. 8Chapter VIII — How John discovered that Hocus had an Intrigue with…
  9. 9Chapter IX — How some Quacks undertook to cure Mrs. Bull of her ulc…
  10. 10Chapter X — Of John Bull's second Wife, and the good Advice that sh…
  11. 11Chapter XI — How John looked over his Attorney's Bill.*
  12. 12Chapter XIV — The two great Parties of Wives, the Devotos and the H…
  13. 13Chapter XV — An Account of the Conference between Mrs. Bull and Don…
  14. 14Chapter XVII — Esquire South's Message and Letter to Mrs. Bull.*
  15. 15The Publisher's Preface
  16. 16Chapter I — The Character of John Bull's Mother.*
  17. 17Chapter III — Jack's Charms,* or the Method by which he gained Peg'…
  18. 18Chapter IV — How the relations reconciled John and his sister Peg,…
  19. 19Chapter V — Of some Quarrels that happened after Peg was taken into…
  20. 20Chapter VI — The conversation between John Bull and his wife.*
  21. 21Chapter VIII — A continuation of the conversation betwixt John Bull…
  22. 22Chapter IX — A Copy* of Nic. Frog's Letter to John Bull
  23. 23Chapter XI — * The apprehending, examination, and imprisonment of J…
  24. 24Chapter XII — How Jack's friends came to visit him in prison, and w…
  25. 25Chapter XIV — The Conference between Don Diego and John Bull
  26. 26Chapter XV — The sequel of the meeting at the "Salutation."*
  27. 27Chapter XVI — How John Bull and Nic. Frog settled their Accounts
  28. 28Chapter XVII — How John Bull found all his Family in an Uproar at H…
  29. 29Chapter XVIII — How Lewis Baboon came to visit John Bull, and what…
  30. 30Chapter XX — The discourse that passed between Nic. Frog and Esquir…
  31. 31Chapter XXI — The rest of Nic.'s fetches to keep John out of Eccles…
  32. 32Chapter XXII — Of the great joy that John expressed when he got pos…
  33. 33Postscript

← Back to The History of John Bull

Scroll to Top