CONTENTS.

VOL. XVII.

No.

61. A LONDONER'S Visit to the Country... JOHNSON

62. A young Lady's Impatience to see

London

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63. Inconstancy not always a Weakness..

64. The Requisites to true Friendship

65. Obidah and the Hermit, an Eastern

...

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Story

66. Passion not to be eradicated-the

Views of Women ill directed

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67. The Garden of Hope, a Dream ...

68. Every Man chiefly happy or miser-

able at Home-the Opinion of Ser-

vants not to be despised

69. The Miseries and Prejudices of old

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......

Age

70. Different Men virtuous in different

Degrees the Vicious not always

abandoned.......

71. No Man believes that his own Life

will be short

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72. The Necessity of good Humour

73. The lingering Expectation of an Heir.

74. Peevishness equally wretched and of-

fensive-the Character of Tetrica.

75. The World never known but by a

Change of Fortune-the History of

Melissa

No.

.....

76. The Arts by which bad Men are re-

conciled to themselves

77. The Learned seldom despised, but

when they deserve Contempt

78. The Power of Novelty-Mortality too

familiar to raise Apprehensions

79. A suspicious Man justly suspected

80. Variety necessary to Happiness-a

Winter Scene

....

...

81. The great Rule of Action-Debts of

Justice to be distinguished from

Debts of Charity

82. The Virtuoso's Account of his Rarities.

83. The Virtuoso's Curiosity justified......

84. A young Lady's Impatience of Con-

trol.....

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85. The Mischiefs of total Idleness

86. The Danger of succeeding a great Au-

thor: an Introduction to a Criti-

cism on Milton's Versification......

87. The Reasons why Advice is generally

ineffectual

88. A Criticism on Milton's Versification

-Elisions dangerous in English

Poetry

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89. The Luxury of vain Imagination...............

90. The Pauses in English Poetry adjust-

ed.......

91. The Conduct of Patronage, an Allegory.

92. The Accommodation of Sound to Sense

often chimerical

93. The Prejudices and Caprices of Criti-

cism

94. An Inquiry how far Milton has accom-

modated the Sound to the Sense...

95. The History of Pertinax the Sceptic.

JOHNSON

No.

96. Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction, an

Allegory

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97. Advice to unmarried Ladies. MR. RICHARDSON

98. The Necessity of cultivating Polite-

ness .....

99. The Pleasures of private Friend-

ship—the Necessity of similar Dis-

positions

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100. Modish Pleasures

101. A proper Audience necessary to a

Wit........

102. The Voyage of Life

103. The Prevalence of Curiosity—the

Character of Nugaculus ..........

104. The Original of Flattery-the Mean-

ness of Venal Praise .....

JOHNSON

105. The Universal Register, a Dream ...

106. The Vanity of an Author's Expecta-

tions-Reasons why good Authors

are sometimes neglected .......

107. Properantia's Hopes of a Year of Con-

fusion-the Misery of Prostitutes

108. Life sufficient to all Purposes, if well

employed..

109. The Education of a Fop.........

110. Repentance stated and explained-

Retirement and Abstinence useful

to Repentance...........

111. Youth made unfortunate by its Haste

and Eagerness...................

112. Too much Nicety not to be indulged

-the Character of Eriphile

113. The History of Hymenæus's Court-

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...... JOHNSON

ship

114. The Necessity of proportioning Pu-
nishments to Crimes

No.

115. The Sequel of Hymenæus's Court-

ship.

116. The young Trader's Attempt at Po-

liteness...

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117. The Advantages of living in a Garret.

118. The Narrowness of Fame

119. Tranquilla's Account of her Lovers

opposed to Hymenæus...

120. The History of Almamoulin the Son

of Nouradin...

JOHNSON

121. The Dangers of Imitation-the Im-
propriety of imitating Spenser.....

122. ACriticism on the English Historians.

123. The young Trader turned Gentleman.
124. The Ladies' Misery in a Summer Re-

tirement....

125. The Difficulty of defining Comedy-

Tragic and Comic Sentiments con-

founded

126. The Universality of Cowardice-the

Impropriety of extorting Praise-

the Impertinence of an Astronomer

127. Diligence too soon relaxed-Necessity

of Perseverance

128. Anxiety universal-the Unhappiness

of a Wit and a fine Lady..

129. The Folly of Cowardice and Inacti-

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vity

130. The History of a Beauty.

131. Desire of Gain, the general Passion .

132. The Difficulty of educating a young

Nobleman

133. The Miseries of a Beauty defaced ...