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.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

Continuation of the RAMBLER.

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71. No man believes that his own life will be short .

72. The necessity of good humour

73. The lingering expectation of an heir

74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The

character of Tetrica

75. The world never known but by a change of

fortune. The history of Melissa

76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to them-

selves

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 .

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83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified

84. A young lady's impatience of controul

77

85. The mischiefs of total idleness.

84

86. The danger of succeeding a great author : an

introduction to a criticism on Milton's versifi-

cation

90

87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual. 97

88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions

dangerous in English poetry

103

89. The luxury of vain imagination

109

90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted

115

91. The conduct of patronage, an allegory

122

92. The accommodation of sound to sense, often

chimerical

128

93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism

138

94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated

the sound to the sense

143

95. The history of Pertinax the sceptick

. 152

96. Truth, falsehood, and fiction, an allegory

158

97. Advice to unmarried ladies

164

98. The necessity of cultivating politeness

172

99. The pleasures of private friendship. The neces-

sity of similar dispositions

. 178

100. Modish pleasures

. 183

101. A proper audience necessary to a wit

189

102. The voyage of life

. 195

103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of

Nugaculus

202

104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal

praise

209

105. The universal register, a dream

215

106. The vanity of an author's expectations. Rea-

sons why good authors are sometimes neg-

lected

221

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107. Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion. The

misery of prostitutes

227

108. Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed 233

109. The education of a fop

239

110. Repentance stated and explained. Retirement

and abstinence useful to repentance

246

111. Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eager-

253

112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha-

racter of Eriphile

258

113. The history of Hymenæus's courtship

265

114. The necessity of proportioning punishments to

crimes

271

115. The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship

. 278

116. The young trader's attempt at politeness 285

117. The advantages of living in a garret

292

118. The narrowness of fame

.-300

119. Tranquilla's account of her lovers, opposed to

Hymenæus

306

120. The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 313

121. The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of

imitating Spenser

320

122. A criticism on the English historians

. 1327

123. The young trader turned gentleman

.

333

124. The lady's misery in a summer retirement 339

125. The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and

comick sentiments confounded

344

126. The universality of cowardice. The impropriety

of extorting praise. The impertinence of an

astronomer

. 351

127. Diligence too soon relaxed. Necessity of perse-

verance

358

128. Anxiety universal. The unhappiness of a wit

and a fine lady

364

129. The folly of cowardice and inactivity

370

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