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 SECOND.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

THE RAMBLER.

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1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of

the epick poets.

Convenience of periodical

performances

1

2. The necessity and danger of looking into futu-

rity. Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes

liable to disappointment.

7

✓ 3. An allegory on criticism

4. The modern form of romances preferable to the

ancient. The necessity of characters morally

good

20

Si 75. A meditation on the Spring +

27

16. Happiness not local t.

33

7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious

40

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8. The thoughts to be brought under regulation ;

as they respect the past, present, and future 46

✓ 9. The fondness of every man for his profession.

The gradual improvement of manufactures 53

10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on

masquerades

53

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