The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler

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W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825
 

Selected pages

Contents

The difficulty of educating a young nobleman
125
The miseries of a beauty defaced
130
Idleness an anxious and miserable state
134
The folly of annual retreats into the country
138
The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication
143
The necessity of literary courage
147
Original characters to be found in the country The character of Mrs Busy
152
A critical examination of Samson Agonistes
157
The criticism continued
162
The danger of attempting wit in conversation The character of Papilius
168
An account of squire Bluster
173
The criterions of plagiarism
178
The difficulty of raising reputation The various species of de tractors
184
Petty writers not to be despised
188
An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character The uncertainty of fame
192
The courtiers esteem of assurance
196
The cruelty of parental tyranny
201
NUMB PAGE 203 The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity Future
203
Benefits not always entitled to gratitude
206
Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge
211
The climactericks of the mind
215
Criticism on epistolary writings
220
The treatment incurred by loss of fortune
224
The inefficacy of genius without learning
229
The usefulness of advice The danger of habits The necessity of reviewing life
234
The laws of writing not always indisputable Reflections on tragi comedy
239
The scholars complaint of his own bashfulness
243
Rules of writing drawn from examples Those examples often mis taken
248
The nature and remedies of bashfulness
252
Rules for the choice of associates
256
The revolutions of a garret
260
Old men in danger of falling into pupilage The conduct of Thrasy bulus
265
The mischiefs of following a patron
269
Praise universally desired The failings of eminent men often imitated
274
nativity
278
The mischiefs of unbounded raillery History of Dicaculus
317
The majority are wicked
322
Directions to authors attacked by criticks The various degrees of critical perspicacity
326
An account of a club of antiquaries
329
Many advantages not to be enjoyed together
333
The awkward merriment of a student
337
The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books
341
The history of an adventurer in lotteries
345
The history of Leviculus the fortunehunter
350
The influence of envy and interest compared
354
The subject of essays often suggested by chance Chance equally prevalent in other affairs
358
The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason The meanness of regulating our conduct by the opinions of men
362
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland history
367
The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded
371
Favour often gained with little assistance from understanding
375
The mischiefs of falsehood The character of Turpicula
379
The history of Abouzaid the son of Morad
383
The busy life of a young lady
387
Love unsuccessful without riches
392
The authors art of praising himself
396
A young noblemans progress in politeness
400
A young noblemans introduction to the knowledge of the town
405
Human opinions mutable The hopes of youth fallacious
409
The history of a legacyhunter
413
The legacyhunters history concluded
417
The virtues of Rabbi Abrahams magnet
422
Aspers complaint of the insolence of Prospero Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride
427
The importance of punctuality
432
The different acceptations of poverty Cynicks and Monks not poor
436
fame uncertain
440
The history of ten days of Seged emperour of Ethiopia
444
The history of Seged concluded
448
The art of living at the cost of others
452
The folly of continuing too long upon the stage
457
The Ramblers reception His design
461

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler
Oxford English classics
Volume 11 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, Francis Pearson Walesby
AuthorSamuel Johnson
EditorFrancis Pearson Walesby
PublisherW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized11 Jun 2009
  
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