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The Rambler, Volume 5

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Payne, 1752

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The laws of writing not always indiſputable	9

NUMB Page 158 Rules of writing drawn from examples Thoſe	158

The ſcholars complaint of his own baſhfulneſs	179

examples often miſtaken	188

The nature and remedies of bashfulneſs	195

Rules for the choice of affociates	202

The revolutions of a garret	209

Old men in danger of falling into pupillage The conduct of Thrafybulus	225

Praiſe univerfally defired The failings of emi nent men often imitated	237

The impotence of wealth The vifit of Serotinus to the place of his nativity	244

Favour not eafily gained by the poor	254

The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla	261

Poetry debafed by mean expreffions An example from Shakespear	270

Labour neceffary to excellence	277

The hiftory of Miſella debauched by her relation	285

Mifellas defcription of the life of a prostitute	293

The miſchiefs of following a patron	227

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Title	The Rambler, Volume 5 The Rambler, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Publisher	Payne, 1752
Original from	Austrian National Library
Digitized	14 Jun 2012

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