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 J. Haddon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk. 1820./ CONTENTS city and danger of looking into futurity. Writers 14 X 7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use 10. Eour billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades 58 13. The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betray- 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 18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of 19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. The im- 20. The folly and inconvenience of affectation 22. An allegory on wit and learning 23. The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An 、 24. The necessity of attending to the duties of common 25. Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be re- |