THE

WORKS

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE FIFTH.

LONDON:

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FIFTH VOLUME.

NUMB.

CONTINUATION OF THE RAMBLER.

71 NO man believes that his own life will be fhort.

72 The neceffity of good humour.

73 The lingering expectation of an heir.

74 Peevishness equally wretched and offenfive. The cha-

racter of Tetrica.

75 The world never known but by a change of fortune.

The hiftory of Melissa.

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12

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felves.

76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to them-

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contempt.

77 The learned feldom despised but when they deserve

78 The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise

apprehenfions.

79 A fufpicious man juftly fufpected.

80 Variety neceffary to happiness. A Winter scene.

81 The great rule of action. Debts of juftice to be dif-

tinguished from debts of charity.

82 The virtuofo's account of his rarities.

83 The virtuofo's curiofity juftified.

84 A young lady's impatience of control.

85 The mischiefs of total idleness.

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48

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59

64

71

77

84

86 The

NUMB.

Page.

36 The danger of fucceeding a great author: An intro-

duction to a criticism on Milton's verfification. 90

87 The reafons why advice is generally ineffectual.

88 A criticism on Milton's verfification. Elifions danger-

ous in English poetry.

89 The luxury of vain imagination.

90 The paufes in English poetry adjusted.

91 The conduct of patronage, an allegory.

92 The accommodation of found to fenfe, often chime-

rical.

93 The prejudices and caprices of criticism.

94 An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the

found to the fenfe.

95 The history of Pertinax the fceptick.

97

103

109

115

122

128

138

143

152

96 Truth, falfehood, and fiction, an allegory.

158

97 Advice to unmarried ladies.

164

100 Modifh pleasures.

102 The voyage of life.

98 The neceffity of cultivating politenefs.

99 The pleasures of private friendship. The neceffity of

fimilar difpofitions.

101 A proper audience necessary to a wit.

103 The prevalence of curiofity. The character of Nu-

gaculus.

104 The original of flattery. The meannefs of venal

praise.

105 The univerfal regifter, a dream.

1c6 The vanity of an author's expectations. Reafons why

good authors are fometimes neglected.

107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confufion. The mi

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221

fery of proítitutes.

227

108 Life fufficient to all purposes if well employed.

111 Youth made unfortunate by its hafte and eagerness.

112 Too much nicety not to be indulged. The character

253

of Eriphile.

258

113 The hiftory of Hymenaus's court ship.

265

114 The neceffity of proportioning punishments to crimes. 271

115 The

NUMB.

115 The fequel of Hymenaus's courtship.

116 The young trader's attempt at politeness.

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278

285

117 The advantages of living in a garret.

292

118 The narrowness of fame.

300

119 Tranquilla's account of her lovers oppofed to Hymenaus. 306

120 The hiftory of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin.

313

121 The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of imi-

tating Spenfer.

320

125 The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and co-

mick fentiments confounded.

344

126 The univerfality of cowardice. The impropriety

of extorting praife. The impertinence of an aftro-

nomer.

351

127 Diligence too foon relaxed. Neceffity of perfever-

ance.

358

128 Anxiety univerfal. The unhappiness of a wit and a

131 Defire of gain the general paffion.

132 The difficulty of educating a young nobleman.

133 The miseries of a beauty defaced.

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388

134 Idleness an anxious and miferable state.

394

135 The folly of annual retreats into the country.

400

136 The meannefs and mischief of indifcriminate dedi-

405

cation.

137 The neceffity of literary courage.

411

138 Original characters to be found in the country. The

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