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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. IN.

CONTAINING RAMBLER, VOL. I.

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. GDASGOW.

J. Haddon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk.

1820./

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CONTENTS

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city and danger of looking into futurity. Writers
naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment

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7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use
&. The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they respect
the past, present, and future

The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual

improvement of manufactures

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13. The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betray-
ing secrets

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14. The difference between an author's writings and his conver-

sation

15. Folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money 95

16. The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence

17. The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate

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18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of
choice

19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. The im-

portance of the early choice of a profession

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20. The folly and inconvenience of affectation
21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of public sta-
tions. The inequality of author's writings

22. An allegory on wit and learning

23. The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An
author obliged to depend upon his own judgment


24. The necessity of attending to the duties of common
The natural character not to be forsaken

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25. Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be re-
pressed

26. The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence

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