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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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Nichols and Son, 1801

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to diſappointment	7

The duty of fecrecy The invalidity of all	13

The danger of ranging from one study to another	19

The modern form of romances preferable to the	20

The miſchief of extravagance and mifery of de pendence	26

A meditation on the Spring	27

The various arts of felfdelufion	28

The folly of anticipating misfortunes Page	29

The difficulty of giving advice without offending 257	41

The mifery of a modifh lady in folitude	42

The inconveniencies of precipitation and confidence 276	44

The caufes of diſagreement in marriage	45

The thoughts to be brought under regulation	46

The proper means of regulating forrow	47

The miferies of an infirm conftitution	48

A difquifition upon the value of fame	49

The obfervance of Sunday recommended an allegory	30

Happiness not local	33

The uneafinefs and difguft of female cowardice	34

A marriage of prudence without affection	35

The reasons why paftorals delight	36

The true principles of paftoral poetry 232 238	37

The advantages of mediocrity An Eaftern fable 245	39

Retirement natural to a great mind Its religious	40

A virtuous old age always reverenced	50

The employments of a houſewife in the country	51

The contemplation of the calamities of others a remedy for grief	52

The fondness of every man for his profeffion	53

11	66

Jaken	131

54	345

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Title	The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 4 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, John Bowyer Nichols
Author	Samuel Johnson
Contributors	John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols, Luke Hansard, Andrew Strahan, Henry Baldwin, Joseph Johnson, George Robinson, John Robinson, Peter Elmsley, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), J. Nichols and Son
Publisher	Nichols and Son, 1801
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	19 Jun 2007

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