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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
- 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
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- 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
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Literary Club Edition from Type,
in Sixteen Volumes, Volume IV | ||