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CONTENTS

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• 171 Misella's description of the life of a prostitute. . . . . . . . . 1


• 172 The effect of sudden riches upon the manners . . . . . . . . . . . 8


• 173 Unreasonable fears of pedantry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13


• 174 The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Dicaculus . . . .18


• 175 The majority are wicked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24


• 176 Directions to authors attacked by criticks. The various degrees of critical perspicacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30


• 177 An account of a club of antiquaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35


• 178 Many advantages not to be enjoyed together . . . . . . . . . . . .40


• 179 The awkward merriment of a student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45


• 180 The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books. . . .50


• 181 The history of an adventurer in lotteries. . . . . . . . . . . . .56


• 182 The history of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter . . . . . . . . . . .62


• 183 The influence of envy and interest compared. . . . . . . . . . . .68


• 184 The subject of essays often suggested by chance. Chance equally prevalent in other affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73


• 185 The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The meanness of regulating our conduct by the opinions of men . . . . . . . .79


• 186 Anningait and Ajut; a Greenland history. . . . . . . . . . . . . .85


• 187 The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded. . . . . . . . . . . .90


• 188 Favour often gained with little assistance from understanding. . .96


• 189 The mischiefs of falsehood. The character of Turpicula. . . . . 101


• 190 The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad. . . . . . . . . . . . 106


• 191 The busy life of a young lady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112


• 192 Love unsuccessful without riches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118


• 193 The author's art of praising himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124


• 194 A young nobleman's progress in politeness. . . . . . . . . . . . 129


• 195 A young nobleman's introduction to the knowledge of the town . . 135


• 196 Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious . . . . . 141


• 197 The history of a legacy-hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146


• 198 The legacy-hunter's history concluded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151


• 199 The virtues of Rabbi Abraham's magnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158


• 200 Asper's complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165


• 201 The importance of punctuality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171


• 202 The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks not poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177


• 203 The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182



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• 204 The history of ten days of Seged, emperour of Ethiopia . . . . . 187


• 205 The history of Seged concluded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193


• 206 The art of living at the cost of others. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198


• 207 The folly of continuing too long upon the stage. . . . . . . . . 204


• 208 The Rambler's reception. His design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

THE ADVENTURER

• 34 Folly of extravagance. The story of Misargyrus . . . . . . . . . 217


• 39 On sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223


• 41 Sequel of the story of Misargyrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230


• 45 The difficulty of forming confederacies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236


• 50 On lying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242


• 53 Misargyrus' account of his companions in the Fleet. . . . . . . . 249


• 58 Presumption of modern criticism censured. Ancient poetry necessarily obscure. Examples from Horace . . . . . . . . . . 254


• 62 Misargyrus' account of his companions concluded . . . . . . . . . 261


• 67 On the trades of London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269


• 69 Idle hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276


• 74 Apology for neglecting officious advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284


• 81 Incitement to enterprise and emulation. Some account of the admirable Crichton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290


• 84 Folly of false pretences to importance. A journey in a stage coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297


• 85 Study, composition and converse equally necessary to intellectual accomplishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308


• 92 Criticism on the Pastorals of Virgil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312


• 95 Apology for apparent plagiarism. Sources of literary variety . . 320


• 99 Projectors injudiciously censured and applauded . . . . . . . . . 326


• 102 Infelicities of retirement to men of business. . . . . . . . . . 333


• 107 Different opinions equally plausible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340


• 108 On the uncertainty of human things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346