The Works of Samuel Johnson: The rambler

Talboys and Wheeler, 1825

Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed	13

Repentance stated and explained Retirement and abstinence useful	24

NUMB PAGE 128 Anxiety universal The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady	107

The folly of cowardice and inactivity	111

NUMB	112

The history of a beauty	116

Desire of gain the general passion	119

The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin	120

The cruelty of parental tyranny	201

The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity Future	203

Benefits not always entitled to gratitude	206

Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge	211

The climactericks of the mind	215

Criticism on epistolary writings	220

The treatment incurred by loss of fortune	224

The inefficacy of genius without learning	229

The difficulty of educating a young nobleman	125

The universality of cowardice The impropriety of extorting praise	126

The miseries of a beauty defaced	130

Idleness an anxious and miserable state	134

The folly of annual retreats into the country	138

The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication	143

The necessity of literary courage	147

Original characters to be found in the country The character of Mrs Busy	152

A critical examination of Samson Agonistes	157

The criticism continued	162

Favour not easily gained by the poor	166

The danger of attempting wit in conversation The character of Papilius	168

The effect of sudden riches upon the manners	172

An account of squire Bluster	173

The criterions of plagiarism	178

The difficulty of raising reputation The various species of de tractors	184

Petty writers not to be despised	188

The history of Abouzaid the son of Morad	190

An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character The uncertainty of fame	192

The courtiers esteem of assurance	196

The usefulness of advice The danger of habits The necessity of reviewing life	234

The laws of writing not always indisputable Reflections on tragi comedy	239

The scholars complaint of his own bashfulness	243

Rules of writing drawn from examples Those examples often mis taken	248

The nature and remedies of bashfulness	252

Rules for the choice of associates	256

The revolutions of a garret	260

Old men in danger of falling into pupilage The conduct of Thrasy bulus	265

The mischiefs of following a patron	269

Praise universally desired The failings of eminent men often imitated	274

The authors art of praising himself	396

A young noblemans introduction to the knowledge of the town	405

The virtues of Rabbi Abrahams magnet	422

The importance of punctuality	432

fame uncertain	440

The history of ten days of Seged emperour of Ethiopia	444

The history of Seged concluded	448

The art of living at the cost of others	452

The folly of continuing too long upon the stage	457

The Ramblers reception His design	461

Title	The Works of Samuel Johnson: The rambler Microbook library of English literature Volume 3 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Publisher	Talboys and Wheeler, 1825
Original from	Pennsylvania State University
Digitized	7 Feb 2014

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