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CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
Continuation of the RAMBLER.
NUMB.
+1. No man believes that his own life will be short . The necessity of good humour
43. The lingering expectation of an heir
74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The
character of Tetrica
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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 them-
selves
77. The learned seldom despised but when they
deserve 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
82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities.
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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 versifi-
cation
dangerous in English poetry
89. The luxury of vain imagination
90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted
91. The conduct of patronage, an allegory
92, The accommodation of sound to sense,
97. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual
88. A criticism on Milton's versification.
Elisions
95. The history of Pertinax the sceptick
96. Truth, falsehood, and fiction, an allegory
97. Advice to unmarried ladies
chimerical
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism
94 An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated
the sound to the sense
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98. The necessity of cultivating politeness
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The neces-
sity of similar dispositions
100. Modish pleasures
101. A proper audience necessary to a wit
102. The voyage of life
103. The prevalence of curiosity.
of curiosity. The character of
Nugaculus
104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal
praise
105. The universal register, a dream
106. The vanity of an author's expectations. Rea-
sons why good authors are sometimes neg-
lected
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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
239
Retirement
110. Repentance stated and explained.
and abstinence useful to repentance
111. Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eager-
ness
112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha-
racter of Eriphile
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
IT7. The advantages of living in a garret
118. The narrowness of fame
119. Tranquilla's account of her lovers, opposed to
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Hymenæus
306
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 impropriety
of extorting praise. The impertinence of an
astronomer
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339
127. Diligence too soon relaxed. Necessity of perse-
verance
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253
128. Anxiety universal. The unhappiness of a wit
and a fine lady
129. The folly of cowardice and inactivity
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130. The history of a beauty
131. Desire of gain the general passion
132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman
133. The miseries of a beauty defaced
134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state
135. The folly of annual retreats into the country
136. The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate
dedication
137. The necessity of literary courage
138. Original characters to be found in the country.
The character of Mrs. Busy
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139 A critical examination of Samson Agonistes 140. The criticism continued
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