The rambler

Pafraets Book Company, 1903 - 358 pages

Inconstancy not always a weakness	63

Different men virtuous in different degrees The vicious not	70

The world never known but by a change of fortune The his	120

The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves	127

The power of novelty Mortality too familiar to raise apprehen	139

A suspicious man justly suspected	145

Variety necessary to happiness a winter scene	151

The great rule of action Debts of justice to be distinguished	159

An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense	240

The history of Pertinax the sceptick	248

Truth Falsehood and Fiction an allegory	254

Advice to unmarried ladies	260

The necessity of cultivating politeness	268

The pleasures of private friendship The necessity of similar dispositions	274

Modish pleasures	279

A proper audience necessary to a wit	285

NO PAGE 82 The virtuosos account of his rarities	161

The virtuosos curiosity justified	168

A young ladys impatience of controul	175

The mischiefs of total idleness	182

an introduction to a criticism on Miltons versification	188

The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual	195

A criticism on Miltons versification Elisions dangerous in English poetry	201

The luxury of vain imagination	207

The pauses in English poetry adjusted	213

The conduct of Patronage an allegory	219

The accommodation of sound to the sense often chimerical	225

The prejudices and caprices of criticism	234

The voyage of life	295

The prevalence of curiosity The character of Nugaculus	298

The original of flattery The meanness of venal praise	304

The universal register a dream	310

The vanity of an authors expectations Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected	316

Properantias hopes of a year of confusion The misery of prostitutes	322

Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed	329

The education of a fop	334

Repentance stated and explained Retirement and abstinence useful to repentance	342

Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness	348

Too much nicety not to be indulged The character of Eriphile	354

Title	The rambler Volume 2 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson Volume 3 of Works of Samuel Johnson : in 16 Vol
Author	Samuel Johnson
Publisher	Pafraets Book Company, 1903
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	9 Jan 2009
Length	358 pages

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