The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 2

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Cowie, 1825
 

Contents

Louisbourgs history
20
Lingers history of listlessness
21
Imprisonment of debtors
22
Uncertainty of friendship
23
The universality of cowardice The impropriety of extort ing praise The impertinence of an astronomer
24
New actors on the theatre
25
Betty Brooms history
26
Power of habits
27
Wedding dayGrocers wifeChairman
28
Diligence too soon relaxed Necessity of perseverance
29
Corruption of newswriters
30
Anxiety universal The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady
33
The folly of cowardice and inactivity
37
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The history of a beauty
41
Desire of gain the general passion
46
The difficulty of educating a young nobleman
50
The miseries of a beauty defaced
55
Idleness an anxious and miserable state
59
Fate of posthumous works
65
Dick Shifters rural excursion
71
Easy writing
77
N Page 149 Benefits not always entitled to gratitude
129
Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge
134
The folly of annual retreats into the country
135
The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication
136
138 Original characters to be found in the country The cha racter of Mrs Busy
138
A critical examination of Samson Agonistes
139
The criticism continued
140
The danger of attempting wit in conversation The cha racter of Pailius 2500 102
141
An account of squire Bluster
142
The criterions of plagiarism
143
The difficulty of raising reputation The various species of detractors 107
144
Petty writers not to be despised 112
146
The treatment incurred by loss of fortune
147
The inefficacy of genius without learning
153
The usefulness of advice The danger of habits The
155
cessity of reviewing life
157
The laws of writing not always indisputable Reflections on tragicomedy
165
The scholars complaint of his own bashfulness
167
Rules of writing drawn from examples Those examples often mistaken
171
The nature and remedies of bashfulness
175
Rules for the choice of associates
179
Labour necessary to excellence
218
The history of Misella debauched by her relation
222
Misellas description of the life of a prostitute
226
The effect of sudden riches upon the manners 232
232
Unreasonable fears of pedantry
236
The mischiefs of unbounded raillery History of Dicaculus
240
The majority are wicked
244
Directions to authours attacked by criticks The various degrees of critical perspicacity
248
An account of a club of antiquaries
252
Many advantages not to be enjoyed together
256
The awkward merriment of a student
260
180 The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books
264
The history of an adventurer in lotteries
268
The history of Leviculus the fortunehunter
273
The influence of envy and interest compared
277
The subject of essays often suggested by chance Chance equally prevalent in other affairs
281
The history of a legacyhunter
335
Aspers complaint of the insolence of Prospero Unpolite
349
The different acceptations of poverty Cynicks and Monks
358
The history of ten days of Seged emperor of Ethiopia
365
The art of living at the cost of others
374
IDLERs character
391
Ladys performance on horseback
404
Plan of military discipline
410
Political credulity
420
Disguises of idleness Sobers character
474
Sleep
478
Journal of a fellow of a college
480
Punch and conversation 35 Auction hunter 36 The terrific diction 37 Iron and gold
493
Debtors in prison 484 487 490 493
496
The bracelet
500
Art of advertising
503
Use of memory
515
Selfdenial necessary 53 Mischiefs of good company
522
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533
Steady Snug Startle Solid and Misty
615
Scruple Wormwood Sturdy and Gentle
626
Books multiplied by useless compilations
632
Amazonian bravery revived
640
Sufficiency of the English language
648
Obstructions of learning
656
Narratives of travellers considered
663
The good sort of woman
670

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