John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress (unabridged)

'The neighbours came to see him run…'

'Now I saw in my dream that just as they had ended…'

'Now as Christian was walking solitary by himself…'

'So Christian turned out of his way…'

'Then Evangelist proceeded, saying…'

The Second Stage

'Then Christian began to gird up his loins…'

'Then said Christian to the Interpreter…'

'Now, said Christian, let me go hence.'

'But what was it that made you so afraid…'

The Third Stage

'Yet was he troubled to think that men in that danger…'

'I looked then after Christian, to see him go up the hill…'

'So I saw in my dream that he made haste…'

'And what saw you else in the way?'

'Now I saw in my dream, that thus they sat talking…'

The Fourth Stage

'Then Apollyon straddled quite over the whole breadth…'

'I saw then in my dream, so far as this valley reached…'

The Fifth Stage

'That man that overtook you, said Christian, was Moses.'

'Moreover, I saw in my dream, that as they went on…'

'Well, my brother, I am bound to believe you…'

'A work of grace in the soul discovereth itself…'

The Sixth Stage

'Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out…'

'Now, these pilgrims, as I said…'

'Then proclamation was made, that they that had ought to say…'

'Then the judge called to the jury…'

The Seventh Stage

'Now I saw in my dream that Christian and Hopeful forsook him…'

'And now to the second part of the question…'

'Then Christian and Hopeful outwent them again…'

'I saw then that they went on their way to a pleasant river…'

'Neither could they, with all the skill they had…'

'Well, towards evening the giant goes down…'

The Eighth Stage

'Then I saw that they had them to the top of another mountain…'

The Ninth Stage

'Then said Christian to his fellow…'

'I acknowledge it, said Hopeful…'

'So they went on, and Ignorance followed.'

'Now, after a while, they perceived afar off…'

'Then Christian began, and said, I will ask you a question.'

'Another thing that hath troubled me, said Hopeful…'

'And how was he revealed unto you?'

'I then saw in my dream, that Hopeful looked back…'

'Let me give an answer to this confession of thy faith.'

The Tenth Stage

'Well then, said Hopeful, there are, in my judgment…'

'Now I saw in my dream, that by this time…'

'They then addressed themselves to the water…'

'Now, while they were thus drawing towards the gate…'

Conclusion

The Second Part: The Author's Way of Sending Forth…

Objection iii

Part Two

'And as I was in my dream, behold…'

'This Christiana (for that was her name…)'

'Next morning, when she was up, had prayed to God…'

'But while they were thus about to be gone…'

'Then Timorous all too reviled her…'

The First Stage

'And now Mr. Sagacity left me to dream out my dream…'

'Now I saw in my dream that he spake many good words…'

The Second Stage

'Then said Mercy, What a sudden blank is here!'

'So when they were within…'

'And after this he led them into his garden…'

'When the song and music were ended…'

'When they were returned out of the garden from the bath…'

The Third Stage

'This is brave, said Christiana.'

'Thus they went on till they came at the foot of the hill…'

The Fourth Stage

'Now, then they were within sight of the Porter's lodge…'

'So in the morning when they were awake…'

'Then she addressed herself to the eldest…'

'Now Matthew, the eldest son of Christiana, fell sick…'

'Now about this time their month was out…'

The Fifth Stage

'Now, as they were going along, and talking…'

'Now they were come to the place…'

'So they cried and prayed, and God sent light…'

The Sixth Stage

'Now, as they walked along together…'

'I got him in at the house Beautiful, I think…'

'If I might also speak my heart, said Mercy…'

'Now, as they were thus in their way…'

'Now the cook sent up to signify that supper was almost ready…'

'But to return again to our story…'

'Then they asked Mr. Feeble-Mind how he fell…'

'Now Mr. Feeble-Mind, when they were going out…'

'Now by this time they were come within sight…'

'You talk of rubs, said Mr. Contrite…'

The Seventh Stage

'Now they went on.'

'Now I saw in my dream, when all these things were finished…'

'Then they took them and had them to Mount Charity…'

The Eighth Stage

'You came in at the gate, did you not?'

'By this time they were got to the Enchanted Ground…'

'Then the pilgrims desired with trembling to go forward…'

'The woman is a witch, said Great-Heart…'

'Now, while they lay here, and waited for the good hour…'

'In process of time there came a post to the town again…'

'After this it was noised abroad…'