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 THIRD. 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. FAIRBAIN, AT EDINBURGH CONTENTS THE THIRD VOLUME. Continuation of the RAMBLER. 71. No man believes that his own life will be short. 72. The necessity of good humour 83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 84. A young lady's impatience of controul 85. The mischiefs of total idleness. 86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an 87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual. 97 88. A criticism on Milton's versification. 89. The luxury of vain imagination 105. The universal register, a dream 106. The vanity of an author's expectations. Rea- 115. The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship 116. The young trader's attempt at politeness 122. A criticism on the English historians 123. The young trader turned gentleman 124. The lady's misery in a summer retirement 125. The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and |