THE

RAMBLER.

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,

Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

VOL. III.

HOR.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE, JAMES M'CLIESH, AND

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD;

GILBERT & HODGES, DUBLIN; AND S. CAMPBELL,

NEW YORK.

N

25 SEP 1956

LIBRARY

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

113 The history of Hymenæus's courtship
114 The necessity of proportioning punishments to

crimes

115 The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship

116 The young trader's attempt at politeness
117 The advantages of living in a garret
118 The narrowness of fame

119 Tranquillas's account of her lovers, opposed to
Hymenæus's

120 The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 100

121 The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of

No.

105 The universal register, a dream

106 The vanity of an author's expectations. Reasons
why good authors are sometimes neglected

107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion. The
misery of prostitutes

108 Life sufficient to all purposes, if well employed
109 The education of a fop

110 Repentance stated and explained. Retirement
and abstinence useful to repentance

111 Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness
112 Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha-
racter of Eriphile

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124 The lady's misery in a summer retirement

125 The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and

comick sentiments confounded

116 The universality of cowardice. The impropriety

of extorting praise. The impertinence of an

astronomer

133