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.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON;

G. AND W. NICOL; T. EGERTON;
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; T. CADELL ; J. NUNN;
J. CUTHELL; J. AND W. T. CLARKE; J. BOOKER : J. CARPENTER; JEF-
FERY AND SON; J. AND A. ARCH; J. BOOTH; J RICHARDSON; HATCHARD
AND SON; W. GINGER; R. H. EVANS; J. MAWMAN; R. SCHOLEY; BALD-

WIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; SHERWOOD AND JONES; T. HAMILTON;

J. ROBINSON; R. SAUNDERS; HARDING, MAVOR, AND LEPARD; G. AND W.
B. WHITTAKER; LLOYD AND SON; J. BOHN; T. TEGG; T. WILKIE; OGLE
AND CO.; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; KINGSBURY, PARBURY, AND ALLEN ;
G. MACKIE; J. PORTER; G. GREENLAND; W. MASON; J. COLLINGWOOD;
W. WOOD; HURST AND ROBINSON: J. RACKHAM; AND DEIGHTON AND
SONS, CAMBRIDGE; BRODIE, DOWDING, AND CO. SALISBURY; AND BELL
AND BRADFUTE; AND J. FAIRBAIRN, AT EDINBURGH.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

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NUMB.

THE RAMBLER.

1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of

the epick poets. Convenience of periodical

performances

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

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