THE

RAMBLER.

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

VOL. III.

HOR.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE, JAMES M'CLIESH, AND

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD;

GILBERT & HODGES, DUBLIN; AND S. CAMPBELL,

NEW YORK.

No.

OF THE

THIRD VOLUM E.

Page

105 The universal register, a dream

106 The vanity of an author's expectations. Reasons
why good authors are sometimes neglected

107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion. The
misery of prostitutes

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108 Life sufficient to all purposes, if well employed
109 The education of a fop

110 Repentance stated and explained. Retirement
and abstinence useful to repentance

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111 Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness 39

112 Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha-

racter of Eriphile

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115 The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship

116 The young trader's attempt at politeness

117 The advantages of living in a garret

118 The narrowness of fame

119 Tranquillas's account of her lovers, opposed to

Hymenæus's

120 The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 100

121 The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of

imitating Spenser

122 A criticism on the English historians

123 The young trader turned gentleman

124 The lady's misery in a summer retirement

125 The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and

comick sentiments confounded

116 The universality of cowardice. The impropriety

of extorting praise. The impertinence of an

astronomer

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