THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of

the epick poets.

performances

Convenience of periodical

2. The necessity and danger of looking into futu-

rity. Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes

liable to disappointment.

✓ 3. An allegory on criticism

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4. The modern form of romances preferable to the

ancient. The necessity of characters morally

good

5. A meditation on the Spring +

6. Happiness not local +

✓7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious

use

8. The thoughts to be brought under regulation;

as they respect the past, present, and future

9. The fondness of every man for his profession.

The gradual improvement of manufactures

10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on

masquerades