THE

WORK S

O F

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

IN ELEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis,
B. White and Son, T. Longman, B. Law, J. DodЛley, H. Baldwin, J. Robfon,
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and R. Jamefon.

MDCCLXXXVII.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FIFTH VOLUM E,

NUMB.

THE RAMB L E R.

1 Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets.

Convenience of periodical performances

-2 The neceffity and danger of looking into futurity. Wri-

ters naturally fanguine. Their hopes liable to difap-

pointment

3 An allegory on criticism.

4 The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient.

The neceffity of characters morally good

5 A meditation on the Spring

16 Happiness not local

7 Retirement natural to a great mind, Its religious ufe

8 The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they

refpect the paft, prefent, and future

9 The fondness of every man for his profeffion. The gra-

dual improvement of manufactures

10 Four billets with their answers. Remarks on masque

rades

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11 The folly of anger. The mifery of a peevish old age

12 The history of a young woman that came to London for

a fervice

13 The duty of fecrecy. The invalidity of all excufes for

betraying fecrets

14 The