THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. A NEW EDITION IN TWELVE VOLUMES. WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS, BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq. VOLUME THE FOURTH. LONDON: PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. AND W. NICOL; T. EGERTON; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; T. CADELL ; J. NUNN; J. CUTHELL; J. AND W. T. CLARKE; J. BOOKER : J. CARPENTER; JEFFERY AND SON; J. AND A. ARCH; J. BOOTH; J RICHARDSON; HATCHARD AND SON ; W. GINGER; R. H. EVANS; J. MAWMAN; R. SCHOLEY ; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; SHERWOOD AND JONES; T. HAMILTON; J. ROBINSON; R. SAUNDERS; HARDING, MAVOR, AND LEPARD; G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER; LLOYD AND SON: J. BOHN; T. TEGG; T. WILKIE; OGLE AND CO.; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; KINGSBURY, PARBURY, AND ALLEN ; G. MACKIE; J. PORTER ; G. GREENLAND; W. MASON; J. COLLINGWOOD; W. WOOD; HURST AND ROBINSON: J. RACKHAM ; AND DEIGHTON AND SONS, CAMBRIDGE; BRODIE, DOWDING, AND CO. SALISBURY ; AND BELL AND BRADFUTE; AND J. FAIRBAIRN, AT EDINBURGH. 1 7 14 his own character. The uncertainty of fame 33 150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge 151. The climactericks of the mind 88 95 161. The revolutions of a garret 162. Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The conduct of Thrasybulus eminent men often imitated. . 142 165. The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus 166. Favour not easily gained by the poor . 164 sake of books 171. Misella's description of the life of a prostitute 172. The effect of sudden riches upon the manners 177. An account of a club of antiquaries 178. Many advantages not to be enjoyed together 181. The history of an adventurer in lotteries 182. The history of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter 183. The influence of envy and interest compared 184. The subject of essays often suggested by chance. Chance equally prevalent in other 185. The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The meanness of regulating our conduct by 186. Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history 187. The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded 200. Asper's complaint of the insolence of Prospero, Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride. 346 |
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