The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam, Band 2

Samuel Johnson

1825

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OF THE SECOND VOLUME Continuation of the RAMBLER No Page 121 The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser	1

A criticism on the English historians	6

The young trader turned gentleman	10

The ladys misery in a summer retirement	15

The difficulty of defining comedy Tragick and comick sentiments confounded	19

Louisbourgs history	20

126 The universality of cowardice The impropriety of extort ing praise The impertinence of an astronomer	24

Betty Brooms history	26

The history of Leviculus the fortunehunter	273

The influence of envy and interest compared	277

The subject of essays often suggested by chance Chance equally prevalent in other affairs	281

The mischiefs of falsehood The character of Turpicula	301

The busy life of a young lady	309

The authours art of praising himself	318

A young noblemans introduction to the knowledge of	327

The history of a legacyhunter	335

Diligence too soon relaxed Necessity of perseverance	29

Anxiety universal The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady	33

The folly of cowardice and inactivity	37

The history of a beauty	41

Desire of gain the general passion	46

The difficulty of educating a young nobleman	50

The miseries of a beauty defaced	55

Idleness an anxious and miserable state	59

The folly of annual retreats into the country	63

The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication	68

The necessity of literary courage	72

Original characters to be found in the country The cha racter of Mrs Busy	79

A critical examination of Samson Agonistes	81

The criticism continued	87

The danger of attempting wit in conversation The cha racter of Pailius	92

An account of squire Bluster	97

The criterions of plagiarism	102

The difficulty of raising reputation The various species of detractors	107

Petty writers not to be despised	112

An account of an authour travelling in quest of his own cha racter The uncertainty of fame	116

The courtiers esteem of assurance	120

The cruelty of parental tyranny	125

N Page 149 Benefits not always entitled to gratitude	129

Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge	134

The climactericks of the mind	138

Criticism on epistolary writings	143

The treatment incurred by loss of fortune	147

The inefficacy of genius without learning	153

The usefulness of advice The danger of habits The	155

cessity of reviewing life	157

The laws of writing not always indisputable Reflections on tragicomedy	165

The scholars complaint of his own bashfulness	167

Rules of writing drawn from examples Those examples often mistaken	171

The nature and remedies of bashfulness	175

Rules for the choice of associates	179

The revolutions of a garret	183

Old men in danger of falling into pupilage The conduct of Thrasybulus	191

The mischiefs of following a patron	192

Praise universally desired The failings of eminent men often imitated	197

The impotence of wealth The visit of Scrotinus to the place of his nativity	201

Favour not easily gained by the poor	206

The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla	210

Poetry debased by mean expressions An example from Shakspeare	214

Labour necessary to excellence	218

The history of Misella debauched by her relation	222

Misellas description of the life of a prostitute	226

The effect of sudden riches upon the manners	232

Unreasonable fears of pedantry	236

The mischiefs of unbounded raillery History of Dicaculus	240

The majority are wicked	244

Directions to authours attacked by criticks The various degrees of critical perspicacity	248

An account of a club of antiquaries	252

Many advantages not to be enjoyed together	256

The awkward merriment of a student	260

The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books	264

The history of an adventurer in lotteries	268

The virtues of Rabbi Abrahams magnet	344

The importance of punctuality	353

The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity	361

The history of Seged concluded	370

IDLERS character	391

Corruption of newswriters	472

Sleep	478

Punch and conversation	484

The terrific diction	490

Debtors in prison	496

Art of advertising	503

Deborah Gingers account of city wits	522

Marvels journey	528

Selfdenial necessary	537

N Page 59 Books fall into neglect	556

Minim the critick	559

Rangers account of the vanity of riches	565

Progress of arts and language	568

Rangers complaint concluded	571

Fate of posthumous works	574

Loss of ancient writings	576

Scholars journal	582

History of translations	583

History of translations	585

Hard words defended	588

Dick Shifters rural excursion	590

Regulation of memory	595

Tranquils use of riches	597

Memory rarely deficient	599

Gelaleddin of Bassora	602

False criticisms on painting	605

Easy writing	608

Steady Snug Startle Solid and Misty	611

Grand style of painting	615

Ladies journey to London	617

Indians speech to his countrymen	620

The true idea of beauty	622

Scruple Wormwood Sturdy and Gentle	626

Biography how best performed	629

Books multiplied by useless compilations	632

Miss Heartlesss want of a lodging	634

Amazonian bravery revived	637

What have ye done?	640

Physical evil moral good	642

Rhetorical action considered	645

Sufficiency of the English language	648

Nature of cunning	650

Sam Softlys history	653

Obstructions of learning	655

Hacho of Lapland	660

Tim Wainscots son a fine gentleman	663

Sophia Heedful	667

The good sort of woman	670

Omars plan of life	673

Authours inattentive to themselves	675

Horrour of the last	678

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Titel	The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam, Band 2 The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam, Samuel Johnson
Autor/in	Samuel Johnson
Herausgeber	Robert Lynam
Veröffentlicht	1825
Original von	Oxford University
Digitalisiert	20. Juni 2007

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