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. LONDON: PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. AND W. NICOL; T. EGERTON; 1823. CONTENTS 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 83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 84. A young lady's impatience of controul 85. The mischiefs of total idleness. 86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versifi- 87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual. 88. A criticism on Milton's versification. 89. The luxury of vain imagination 105. The universal register, a dream 106. The vanity of an author's expectations. 108. Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed 233 110. Repentance stated and explained. 112. Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha- 113. The history of Hymenæus's courtship 120. The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 313 121. The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of 124. The lady's misery in a summer retirement 125. The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and 126. The universality of cowardice. The impropriety |