The Rambler

J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787

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NUMB Page 14 The difference between an authors writings and	14

The neceffity of characters morally good	20

refpet the paft prefent and future	46

The fondnefs of every man for his profeffion The	53

a fervice	73

The duty of fecrecy The invalidity of all excufes	81

converfation	88

The advantages of memory	263

The mifery of a modiſh lady in folitude	276

NUMB Page 44 Religion and ſuperſtition a viſion	282

Religion	284

The cauſes of diſagreement in marriage	289

The miſchiefs of rural faction	295

The proper means of regulating forrow	301

The miſeries of an infirm conftitution	307

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

The dangers and miſeries of literary eminence	103

The frequent contemplation of death neceffary to mo derate the paffions	110

The unhappinefs of marriage caufed by irregular mo tives 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 less than thoſe of publick ftations The inequality of authors writings	137

An allegory on wit and learning	144

The contrariety of criticiſm The vanity of objection An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment	150

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

Raſhneſs preferable to cowardice Enterprize not to be repreffed	162

The miſchief of extravagance and mifery of dependance	168

An authors treatment from fix patrons	175

The various arts of felfdelufion	181

The folly of anticipating misfortunes	188

The obfervance of Sunday recommended an allegory	194

The defence of a known miftake highly culpable	199

The vanity of ftoicifm The neceffity of patience 207 L	232

The true principles of paftoral poetry	238

The advantages of mediocrity An Eaſtern fable	245

The unhappineſs of women whether fingle or married	251

The difficulty of giving advice without offending	257

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 and mifery of a ſpendthrift	338

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

The gay widows impatience of the growth of her daugh ter The hiſtory of mifs Maypole	351

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

Sententious rules of frugality	364

The defire of wealth moderated by philoſophy	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 ſee 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 defpifed	429

The miferies and prejudice of old age	435

Title	The Rambler Volume 5 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, Sir Joshua Reynolds
Authors	Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins
Illustrated by	Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Hall
Contributors	James Buckland, John Rivington, Charles Rivington, Francis Rivington, Thomas Payne, Lockyer Davis, Benjamin White, B. White and Son, T. Payne and Son
Publisher	J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	20 Jun 2007

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