The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Luke Hansard, 1806

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Writers naturally fanguine Their hopes liable	7

An allegory on criticifm	14

The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient	20

A meditation on the Spring	27

Happineſs not local	33

Retirement natural to a great mind Its religious uſe	40

The thoughts to be brought under regulation as they	46

The true principles of paſtoral poetry	238

The advantages of mediocrity An eaftern fable	245

The unhappineſs of women whether fingle or married	251

The difficulty of giving advice without offending	257

The advantages of memory	263

The mifery of a modifh lady in folitude	276

Religion and fuperftition a vifion	282

NUMB Page 45 The caufes of diſagreement in marriage	289

The fondneſs of every man for his profeffion	53

The folly of anger The mifery of a peevish old age	66

The hiftory of a young woman that came to London for	73

The duty of fecrecy The invalidity of all excufes	81

verfation	88

The folly of cards A letter from a lady that has loft her money	95

The dangers and miſeries of a literary eminence	103

The unhappineſs of marriage cauſed by irregular motives of choice	116

The danger of ranging from one ftudy to another The importance of the early choice of a profeffion	123

The folly and inconvenience of affectation	131

The anxieties of literature not lefs than thoſe of publick ftations The inequality of authors writings	137

An allegory on wit and learning	144

The contrariety of criticifm The vanity of objection An author obliged to depend upon his own judg ment	150

The neceffity of attending to the duties of common life The natural character not to be forſaken	156

Raſhneſs preferable to cowardice Enterprize not to be repreſſed	162

The miſchief of extravagance and mifery of dependence	168

An authors treatment from fix patrons	175

The various arts of felfdelufion	181

The folly of anticipating misfortunes	188

The obſervance of Sunday recommended an allegory	194

The defence of a known miſtake highly culpable	199

The vanity of ftoicifm The neceffity of patience	207

An allegorical hiftory of reſt and labour	213

The uneafinefs and difguft of female cowardice	219

A marriage of prudence without affection	226

The reafons why paftorals delight	232

The miſchiefs of rural faction	295

The proper means of regulating forrow	301

The miſeries of an infirm conftitution	307

A difquifition upon the value of fame	313

A virtuous old age always reverenced	319

The employments of a houſewife in the country	325

The contemplation of the calamities of others a remedy for grief	332

The folly aud mifery of a ſpendthrift	338

A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects of death upon the furvivors	344

The gay widows impatience of the growth of her daughter The hiftory of mifs Maypole	351

The neceffity of complaifance The Ramblers grief for offending his correſpondents	357

Sententious rules of frugality	364

The defire of wealth moderated by philofophy	370

An account of Sufpirius the human fcreechowl	376

The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography	381

A Londoners vifit to the country	387

A young ladys impatience to fee London	394

Inconftancy not always a weakneſs	400

The requifites to true friendſhip	406

Obidah and the hermit an Eaſtern ſtory	412

Paffion not to be eradicated The views of women ill directed	418

The garden of hope a dream	423

Every man chiefly happy or miferable at home The opinion of fervants not to be deſpiſed	429

The miferies and prejudice of old age	435

Different men virtuous in different degrees The vicious not always abandoned	441

Title	The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 4 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Illustrated by	James Fittler, Sir Joshua Reynolds
Contributors	George Caw, Samuel Campbell, Bell & Bradfute, Luke Hansard, Joseph Johnson, J. Nichols and Son
Publisher	Luke Hansard, 1806
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	11 Dec 2008

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