THE

WORKS

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Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FIFTH VOLUME.

Continuation of the RAMBLER.

NUMB.

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 for-

tune. The history of Melissa

76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to

themselves

77. The learned seldom despised but when they de-

serve contempt

78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to

raise apprehensions

79. A suspicious man justly suspected

80. Variety necessary to happiness! A Winter scene

81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be

distinguished from debts of charity

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