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THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.

VOL. VI.

CONTAINING RAMBLER, VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS, J. HARWOOD, W. ROBINSON, AND SONS, LIVERPOOL; E. THOMSON, MANCHESTER ; J. NOBLE, HULL; J. WILSON, BERWICK; W. WHYTE AND CO. EDINBURGH; AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW,

J. Haddon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk.

1820.

Koninklijke
Biotheck

No.

CONTENTS

or

THE SIXTH VOLUME.

CONCLUSION OF THE RAMBLER.

141. The danger of attempting wit in conversation. The

character of Papilius

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142. An account of Squire Bluster

143. The criterions of plagiarism

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144. The difficulty of raising reputation. The various spe-

cies of detractors

145. Petty writers not to be despised

character. The uncertainty of fame

146. An account of an author travelling in quest of his own

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150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge

151. The climacterics of the mind

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155. The usefulness of advice. The danger of habits. The

necessity of reviewing life

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156. The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflec-

tions on tragi-comedy

157. The scholar's complaint of his own bashfulness

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158. Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those ex-

162. Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The con-

165. The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus to the

place of his nativity

146

174. The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Di-

caculus

199

175. The majority are wicked

205

176. Directions to authors attacked by critics. The various.

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

181. The history of an adventurer in lotteries

182. The history of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter

183. The influence of envy and interest compared

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184. The subject of essays often suggested by chance. Chance

equally prevalent in other affairs

254

185. The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The

meanness of regulating our conduct by the opinions

189. The mischiefs of falsehood. The character of Turpicula 282

190. The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad

287

196. Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth falla-

200. Asper's complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpo-

203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futu-

rity. Future fame uncertain

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363

204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperor of Ethiopia 368

205. The history of Seged concluded

374

207. The folly of continuing too long upon the stage

208. The Rambler's reception. His design

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