NUMB. Page 157. The scholar's complaint of his own bashfulness 158. Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples often mistaken 159. The nature and remedies of bashfulness 160. Rules for the choice of associates 161. The revolutions of a garret 162. Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The conduct of Thrasybulus 163 The mischiefs of following a patron 164. Praise universally desired. eminent men often imitated. 165. The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus to the place of his nativity 166. Favour not easily gained by the poor 101 107 . 113 118 123 129 135 158 164 167. The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla ample from Shakspeare 169. Labour necessary to excellence . 170. The history of Misella debauched by her re lation. 171. Misella's description of the life of a prostitute 172. The effect of sudden riches upon the manners 173. Unreasonable fears of pedantry 174. The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Dicaculus 175. The majority are wicked 176. Directions to authors attacked by criticks. various degrees of critical perspicacity 177. An account of a club of antiquaries 178. Many advantages not to be enjoyed together 179. The awkward merriment of a student 205 210 180. The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books NUMB. 181. The history of an adventurer in lotteries 185. The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. 186. Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history understanding 189. The mischiefs of falsehood. The character of Turpicula 190. The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad 191. The busy life of a young lady 192. Love unsuccessful without riches 193. The author's art of praising himself 194. A young nobleman's progress in politeness Page . 237 243 € 249 254 259 265 271 . 332 195. A young nobleman's introduction to the knowledge of the town 196. Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth 339 198. The legacy-hunter's history concluded 201. The importance of punctuality 203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain NUMB. 204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperor of Ethiopia 205 The history of Seged concluded P 206. The art of living at the cost of others . 380 207. The folly of continuing too long upon the stage 385 208. The Rambler's reception. His design . 391 THE RAMBLER. NUMB. 141. TUESDAY, July 23, 1751. Hilarisque, tamen cum pondere, virtus. Greatness with ease, and gay severity. STAT. SIR, TO THE RAMBLER. POLITICIANS have long observed, that the greatest events may be often traced back to slender causes. Petty competition or casual friendship, the prudence of a slave, or the garrulity of a woman, have hindered or promoted the most important schemes, and hastened or retarded the revolutions of empire. Whoever shall review his life will generally find, that the whole tenor of his conduct has been determined by some accident of no apparent moment, or by a combination of inconsiderable circumstances, acting when his imagination was unoccupied, and his judgment unsettled; and that his principles and actions have taken their colour from some secret infusion, mingled without design in the current of his ideas. The desires that predominate in our hearts, |