 | The Works of Samuel Johnson Literary Club Edition from the type in Sixteen Volumes Vol. IV |  |
CONTENTS
- 55 The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The history of Miss May-pole 1
- 56 The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending his correspondents 7
- 57 Sententious rules of frugality 14
- 58 The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy 20
- 59 An account of Suspirius, the human screech owl 26
- 60 The dignity and usefulness of biography 31
- 61 A Londoner's visit to the country 37
- 62 A young lady's impatience to see London 45
- 63 Inconstancy not always a weakness 51
- 64 The requisites to true friendship 57
- 65 Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story 63
- 66 Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed69
- 67 The garden of Hope; a dream 74
- 68 Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of servants not to be despised 80
- 69 The miseries and prejudice of old age 86
- 70 Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not al ways abandoned 91
- 71 No man believes that his own life will be short 97
- 72 The necessity of good humour 102
- 73 The lingering expectation of an heir 108
- 74 Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica 114
- 75 The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of Melissa 120
- 76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves 127
- 77 The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt 132
- 78 The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions 139
- 79 A suspicious man justly suspected 145
- 80 Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene 151
- 81 The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 156
- 82 The virtuoso's account of his rarities. . . . . . . . . . .161
- 83 The virtuoso's curiosity justified. . . . . . . . . . . . .168
- 84 A young lady's impatience of controul . . . . . . . . . . .175
- 8S The mischiefs of total idleness 182
- 86 The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versification 188
- 87 The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual 195
- 88 A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry 201
- 89 The luxury of vain imagination 207
- 90 The pauses in English poetry adjusted 213
- 91 The conduct of Patronage; an allegory 219
- 92 The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical 225
- 93 The prejudices and caprices of criticism 234
- 94 An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense 240
- 95 The history of Pertinax the sceptick 248
- 96 Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory 254
- 97 Advice to unmarried ladies 260
- 98 The necessity of cultivating politeness 268
- 99 The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions 274
- 100 Modish pleasures 279
- 101 A proper audience necessary to a wit 285
- 102 The voyage of life 291
- 103 The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaeulus 298
- 104 The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise 304
- 105 The universal register; a dream 310
- 106 The vanity of an author's expectations.-Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected 316
- 107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion. The misery of prostitutes 322
- 108 Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed 329
- 109 The education of a fop 334
- 110 Repentance stated and explained. Retirement and abstinence useful to repentance 342
- 111 Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness 348
- 112 Too much nicety not to be indulged. The character of Eriphile354
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