Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 4

Thomas Tegg and others, 1824

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The frequent contemplation of death necessary to mo derate the passions	17

The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice Page	18

The danger of ranging from one study to another The importance of the early choice of a profession 123	19

The folly and inconvenience of affectation	20

The anxieties of literature not less than those of pub lick stations The inequality of authors writings	21

An allegory on wit and learning	22

The contrariety of criticism The vanity of objection An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment 150	23

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

The history of a young woman that came to London	73

The difference between an authors writings and	89

The folly of cards A letter from a lady that has lost	95

282	194

No Page 45 The causes of disagreement in marriage	289

The mischiefs of rural faction	295

The proper means of regulating sorrow	301

The necessity of attending to the duties of common life The natural character not to be forsaken	24

Rashness preferable to cowardice Enterprise not to be repressed	25

The mischief of extravagance and misery of de pendence 168	26

An authors treatment from six patrons	27

The various arts of selfdelusion 181	28

The folly of anticipating misfortunes	29

The observance of Sunday recommended an allegory	30

The defence of a known mistake highly culpable	31

The vanity of stoicism The necessity of patience	32

An allegorical history of rest and labour	33

The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice	34

A marriage of prudence without affection	35

The reasons why pastorals delight	36

37 The true principles of pastoral poetry	37

The advantages of mediocrity An eastern fable	38

The unhappiness of women whether single or married	39

Retirement natural to a great mind Its religious use	40

The advantages of memory 251	41

The misery of a modish lady in solitude 276	42

The inconveniencies of precipitation and confidence	43

Religion and superstition a vision 276	44

The fondness of every man for his profession	53

Four billets with their answers Remarks	59

The miseries of an infirm constitution	307

A disquisition 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 re medy for grief	332

The folly and misery of a spendthrift	338

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

The gay widows impatience of the growth of her daughter The history of Miss Maypole	351

The necessity of complaisance The Ramblers grief for offending his correspondents	357

Sententious rules of frugality	364

The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy	370

An account of Suspirius the human screechowl	376

The dignity and usefulness of biography	381

A Londoners visit to the country	387

A young ladys impatience to see London	394

Inconstancy not always a weakness	400

The requisites to true friendship	406

Obidah and the hermit an Eastern story	412

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

The garden of hope a dream	423

Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home The opinion of servants not to be despised	429

The miseries and prejudice of old age	435

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

Title	Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volume 4 Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Publisher	Thomas Tegg and others, 1824
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	16 May 2012

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