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 THIRD. LONDON: PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. AND W. NICOL; T. EGERTON ; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; T. CADELL; J, NUNN; J. CUTHELL; J. AND W. T. CLARKE; J. BOOKER; J. CARPENTER; JEFFERY AND SON; J. AND A. ARCH; J. BOOTH; J. RICHARDSON; HATCHARD AND SON; W. GINGER; R. H. EVANS; J. MAWMAN; R. SCHOLEY; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; SHERWOOD AND JONES ; T. HAMILTON; J. ROBINSON; R. SAUNDERS; HARDING, MAVOR, AND LEPARD; G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER; LLOYD AND SON; J. BOHN; T. TEGG; T. WILKIE; OGLE AND CO.; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; KINGSBURY, PARBURY, AND ALLEN ; G. MACKIE; J. PORTER; G. GREENLAND; W, MASON; J. COLLINGWOOD; W, WOOD; HURST AND ROBINSON : J. RACKHAM; AND DEIGHTON AND SONS, CAMBRIDGE; BRODIE, DOWDING, AND CO. SALISBURY; AND BELL AND BRADFUTE; AND J. FAIRBAIRN, AT EDINBURGH. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF MARY E. HAVEN LONDON: PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY, DORSET STREET. CONTENTS 1. No man believes that his own life will be short . 72. The necessity of good humour 79. A suspicious man justly suspected 80. Variety necessary to happiness. A winter scene 81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to |