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V. 5
Printed by A. Strahan,
New-Street-Square, London.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIFTH VOLUME.
Continuation of the RAMBLER.
NUMB.
Page
1
6
12
71. No man believes that his own life will be short
72. The necessity of good humour
73. The lingering expectation of an heir
74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive.
The character of Tetrica
75. The world never known but by a change of
fortune. The history of Melissa
76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to
-
18
24
80. Variety necessary to happiness. A winter scene
81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to
be distinguished from debts of charity
82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities
31
36
42
48
54
83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified
84. A young lady's impatience of controul
85. The mischiefs of total idleness
86. The danger of succeeding a great author:
An introduction to a criticism on Milton's
versification
87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual
88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions
dangerous in English poetry
89. The luxury of vain imagination
90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted
91. The conduct of patronage, an allegory
71
77
84
90
97
103
109
115
122
92. The accommodation of sound to sense, often
chimerical -
128
100. Modish pleasures
102. The voyage of life
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticisin
94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated
the sound to the sense
95. The history of Pertinax the sceptick
96. Truth, falsehood, and fiction, an allegory
97. Advice to unmarried ladies
98. The necessity of cultivating politeness
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The
necessity of similar dispositions
101. A proper audience necessary to a wit
103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character
189
106. The vanity of an author's expectations. Rea-
sons why good authors are sometimes neg-
lected
221
107. Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion.
The misery of prostitutes
227
108. Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed 233
109. The education of a fop
110. Repentance stated and explained. Retire-
ment and abstinence useful to repentance
239
246
111. Youth made unfortunate by its haste and
eagerness
112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The
character of Eriphile
113. The history of Hymenæus's courtship
114. The necessity of proportioning punishments to
crimes
253
258
265
271
115. The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship
278
116. The young trader's attempt at politeness
117. The advantages of living in a garret
120. The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 313
121. The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of
imitating Spenser
122. A criticism on the English historians
123. The young trader turned gentleman
124. The lady's misery in a summer retirement
125. The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick
and comick sentiments confounded
126. The universality of cowardice. The impro-
priety of extorting praise. The impertinence
134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state
400
405
135. The folly of annual retreats into the country
136. The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate
137. The necessity of literary courage
138. Original characters to be found in the country.
The character of Mrs. Busy -
139. A critical examination of Samson Agonistes
140. The criticism continued
411
417
423
429