The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler

G. Walker, J. Akerman [etc.] J. Haddon, printer, 1820

CONTENTS	1

CONTINUATION OF THE RAMBLER Page 1	6

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No man believes that his own life will be short	71

The necessity of good humour	72

The lingering expectation of an heir	73

Peevishness equally wretched and offensive The cha racter of Tetrica	74

The world never known but by change of fortune The history of Melissa	75

A proper audience necessary to a	189

The voyage of life	200

The original of flattery The meanness of venal praise	209

The universal register a dream	215

The vanity of an authors expectations Reasons	221

Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed	233

The education of a	239

Repentance stated and explained Retirement and	246

The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves	76

The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt	77

The power of novelty Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions	78

A suspicious man justly suspected	79

Variety necessary to happiness A winter scene	80

The great rule of action Debts of justice to be distin guished from debts of charity	81

The virtuosos account of his rarities	82

The virtuosos curiosity justified	83

A young ladys impatience of controul	84

The mischiefs of total idleness ཙུཊ 59 64 71 77	85

The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual	87

The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imita	121

The accommodation of sound to sense often chimerical	128

The history of Pertinax the sceptic	152

Truth falsehood and fiction an allegory	158

Advice to unmarried ladies	164

The necessity of cultivating politeness	172

The pleasures of private friendship The necessity	178

Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness	253

The history of Hymenæuss courtship	265

The necessity of proportioning punishments to crimes	271

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extorting praise The impertinence of an astronomer	351

Diligence too soon relaxed Necessity of perseverance	358

Anxiety universal The unhappiness of a wit and	364

The folly of cowardice and inactivity	370

The history of a beauty	376

Desire of gain the general passion	383

The miseries of a beauty defaced	394

Idleness an anxious and miserable state	400

The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication	411

The necessity of literary courage	417

Original characters to be found in the country	423

A critical examination of Samson Agonistes	429

The criticism continued	436

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Title	The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler Volume 5 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Publisher	G. Walker, J. Akerman [etc.] J. Haddon, printer, 1820
Original from	Pennsylvania State University
Digitized	Jul 6, 2011

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