THE

WORK S

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITR

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE FOURTH.

LONDON:

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1801.

1 DIFFICULTY of the firft addrefs. Prac-

tice of the epick poets. Convenience of perio-

dical performances-

2 The neceffity and danger of looking into futurity.

Writers naturally fanguine. Their hopes liable

to disappointment

3 An allegory on criticism

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4 The modern form of romances preferable to the an-

cient. The neceffity of characters morally good

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A meditation on the Spring

6 Happinefs not local

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7 Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious

use

8 The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as

they refpect the past, present, and future

9 The fondness of every man for his profeffion.

gradual improvement of manufactures

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10 Four billets with their anfwers. Remarks on

mafquerades

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

12 The hiftory of a young woman that came to

London for a fervice

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13 The duty of fecrecy. The invalidity of all ex-

cufes for betraying fecrets

14 The difference between an author's writings and

his converfation

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15 The folly of cards. A Letter from a Lady that

has lost her money

16 The dangers and miferies of literary eminence

17 The frequent contemplation of death necessary to

moderate the paffions

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110

116

19 The danger of ranging from one study to another.

The importance of the early choice of a pro-

feffion

20 The folly and inconvenience of affectation

21 The anxieties of literature not less than thofe of

publick Aations. The inequality of authors

writings

22 An allegory on wit and learning

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137

33 The contrariety of criticifm. The vanity of ob-

jection. An author obliged to depend upon his

own judgment

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24 The neceffity of attending to the duties of common

life. The natural character not to be for-

faken

25 Rafiness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not

to be repreffed

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26 The mischief of extravagance, and mifery of de

27 An author's treatment from fix patrons

28 The various arts of self-delufion

29 The folly of anticipating misfortunes

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30 The obfervance of Sunday recommended; an

allegory

31 The defence of a known mistake highly culpable 199 32 The vanity of ftoicifm. The neceffity of patience 207

33 An allegorical history of rest and labour

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36 The reasons why paftorals delight

37 The true principles of paftoral poetry

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38 The advantages of mediocrity. An Eastern fable 245 39 The unhappiness of women whether fingle or

40 The difficulty of giving advice without offending 257 41 The advantages of memory

42 The mifery of a modifh lady in folitude

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43 The inconveniencies of precipitation and confidence 276 44 Religion and fuperftition, a vifion

45 The caufes of difagreement in marriage 46 The mischiefs of rural faction

47 The proper means of regulating forrow 48 The miferies of an infirm conftitution 49 A difquifition upon the value of fame 50 A virtuous old age always reverenced

51 The employments of a housewife in the country 52 The contemplation of the calamities of others, a

remedy for grief

33 The folly and mifery of a fpendthrift