GODLEIAL

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IBRARY

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

THE RAMBLER.

NUMB.

1 Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets.

Convenience of periodical performances

2 The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Wri-

ters naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disap.

pointment

3 An allegory on criticism

4 The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient.

The necessity of characters morally good

5 A meditation on the Spring

6 Happiness not local

7 Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use

8 The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they

respect the past, present, and future

9 The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual

improvement of manufactures

10 Four billets, with their Answers. Remarks on masquer-

11 The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age

12 The history of a young woman that came to London for a

service

13 The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for be-

traying secrets

14 The difference between an author's writings and his con-

versation

15 The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost

her money

16 The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence

17 The frequent contemplation of death necessary to mo-

derate the passions

18 The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives

of choice

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19 The danger of ranging from one study to another. The

importance of the early choice of a profession

95

20 The folly and inconvenience of affectation

21 The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick
stations. The inequality of authors' writings

22 An allegory on wit and learning

23 The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection.

An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment

24 The necessity of attending to the duties of common life.

The natural character not to be forsaken

25 Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be

repressed

26 The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence

27 An author's treatment from six patrons

28 The various arts of self-delusion

29 The folly of anticipating misfortunes

30 The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory

31 The defence of a known mistake highly culpable

32 The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience

33 An allegorical history of rest and labour

34 The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice

35 A marriage of prudence without affection

36 The reasons why pastorals delight

37 The true principles of pastoral poetry

38 The advantages of mediocrity.

An eastern fable

39 The unhappiness of women whether single or married

40 The difficulty of giving advice without offending

41 The advantages of memory

42 The misery of a modish lady in solitude

43 The inconveniencies of precipitation and confidence

44 Religion and superstition, a vision

45 The causes of disagreement in marriage

46 The mischiefs of rural faction

47 The proper means of regulating sorrow

48 The miseries of an infirm constitution

49 A disquisition upon the value of fame

50 A virtuous old age always reverenced

51 The employments of a housewife in the country

52 The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy

for grief

53 The folly and misery of a spendthrift

54 A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of

death upon the survivors

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235

55 The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daugh-

ter. The history of miss May-pole

254

56 The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for

offending his correspondents

59 An account of Suspirius, the human screech-ow!

61 A Londoner's visit to the country

272

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280

62 A young lady's impatience to see London

63 Inconstancy not always a weakness

290

64 The requisites to true friendship

295

65 Obidah and the hermit, an eastern story

299

66 Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill-

67 The garden of hope, a dream

68 Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opi-

nion of servants not to be despised

69 The miseries and prejudice of old age

70 Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious

not always abandoned

307

312

316

320

71 No man believes that his own life will be short

72 The necessity of good-humour

324

328

73 The lingering expectation of an heir

332

74 Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The charac-

ter of Tetrica

337

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

history of Melissa

341

76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves

11 The learned seldom despised but when they deserve con-

tempt

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