THE

W O R K S

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

VOL. IV.

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1810.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

THE RAMBLER.

NUMB.

page

1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of the

epick poets. Convenience of periodical per-

formances

2. The necessity and danger of looking into futurity.

Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable

to disappointment

7

3. An allegory on criticism

14

4. The modern form of romances preferable to the

ancient. The necessity of characters morally

good

5. A meditation on the Spring

27

6. Happiness not local

7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious

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use

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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

53

10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on

masquerades

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