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IBRARY
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
THE RAMBLER.
NUMB.
1 Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets.
Convenience of periodical performances
2 The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Wri-
ters naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disap.
pointment
3 An allegory on criticism
4 The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient.
The necessity of characters morally good
5 A meditation on the Spring
6 Happiness not local
7 Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use
8 The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they
respect the past, present, and future
9 The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual
improvement of manufactures
10 Four billets, with their Answers. Remarks on masquer-
11 The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age
12 The history of a young woman that came to London for a
service
13 The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for be-
traying secrets
14 The difference between an author's writings and his con-
versation
15 The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost
her money
16 The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence
17 The frequent contemplation of death necessary to mo-
derate the passions
18 The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives
of choice
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6
104
69
74
19 The danger of ranging from one study to another. The
importance of the early choice of a profession
95
20 The folly and inconvenience of affectation
21 The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations. The inequality of authors' 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 life.
The natural character not to be forsaken
25 Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be
repressed
26 The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence
27 An author's treatment from six patrons
28 The various arts of self-delusion
29 The folly of anticipating misfortunes
30 The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory
31 The defence of a known mistake highly culpable
32 The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience
33 An allegorical history of rest and labour
34 The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice
35 A marriage of prudence without affection
36 The reasons why pastorals delight
37 The true principles of pastoral poetry
38 The advantages of mediocrity.
An eastern fable
39 The unhappiness of women whether single or married
40 The difficulty of giving advice without offending
41 The advantages of memory
42 The misery of a modish lady in solitude
43 The inconveniencies of precipitation and confidence
44 Religion and superstition, a vision
45 The causes of disagreement in marriage
46 The mischiefs of rural faction
47 The proper means of regulating sorrow
48 The miseries of an infirm constitution
49 A disquisition upon the value of fame
50 A virtuous old age always reverenced
51 The employments of a housewife in the country
52 The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy
for grief
53 The folly and misery of a spendthrift
54 A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of
death upon the survivors
108
112
117
121
126
218
223
227
231
235
55 The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daugh-
ter. The history of miss May-pole
254
56 The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for
offending his correspondents
59 An account of Suspirius, the human screech-ow!
61 A Londoner's visit to the country
272
276
280
62 A young lady's impatience to see London
63 Inconstancy not always a weakness
290
64 The requisites to true friendship
295
65 Obidah and the hermit, an eastern story
299
66 Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill-
67 The garden of hope, a dream
68 Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opi-
nion of servants not to be despised
69 The miseries and prejudice of old age
70 Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious
not always abandoned
307
312
316
320
71 No man believes that his own life will be short
72 The necessity of good-humour
324
328
73 The lingering expectation of an heir
332
74 Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The charac-
ter of Tetrica
337
75 The world never known but by a change of fortune. The
history of Melissa
341
76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves
11 The learned seldom despised but when they deserve con-
tempt
346
350