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. IV. CONTAINING RAMBLER, VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS, J. HARWOOD, W. ROBINSON J. Haddon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk. 1820. 1. Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epic poets. Convenience of periodical performances 2. The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. 11. The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age 66 12. The history of a young woman that came to London 81 19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. 123 The importance of the early choice of a profession 24. The necessity of attending to the duties of common 45. The causes of disagreement in marriage 46. The mischiefs of rural faction 47. The proper means of regulating sorrow 58. The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy 59. An account of Suspirius, the human screech-owl 60. The dignity and usefulness of biography 61. A Londoner's visit to the country 62. A young lady's impatience to see London 63. Inconstancy not always a weakness |