The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

L. Hansard, 1806

NUMB	14

NUMB Page 159 The nature and remedies of bashfulneſs	113

Rules for the choice of affociates	118

The revolutions of a garret	123

Old men in danger of falling into pupilage The con duct of Thrafybulus	129

The mifchiefs of following a patron	135

Praiſe univerſally defired The failings of eminent men often imitated	142

The difficulty of raiſing reputation The various fpecies	144

The hiftory of Leviculus the fortunehunter	243

The influence of envy and intereft compared	249

The ſubject of effays often fuggefted by chance Chance equally prevalent in other affairs	254

The prohibition of revenge juftifiable by reaſon The meannefs of regulating our conduct by the opinions of men	259

Anningait and Ajut a Greenland hiſtory	265

The hiftory of Anningait and Ajut concluded	271

Favour often gained with little affiftance from under standing	277

Turpicula	282

The impotence of wealth The vifit of Serotinus to the place of his nativity	146

Adverfity uſeful to the acquifition of knowledge	150

Favour not eafily gained by the poor	153

The laws of writing not always indifputable Reflec	156

The marriage of Hymenaus and Tranquilla	158

Poetry debaſed by mean expreflions An example from Shakespeare	164

Labour neceffary to excellence	169

The hiftory of Mifella debauched by her relation	175

Mifellas defcription of the life of a prostitute	181

The effect of fudden riches upon the manners	188

NuMB Page 189 The mifchiefs of falfehood The character	189

Uureafonable fears of pedantry	194

The miſchiefs of unbounded raillery Hiftory of Dicaculus	199

The majority are wicked	205

Directions to authors attacked by criticks The various degrees of critical perfpicacity	210

An account of a club of antiquaries	215

Many advantages not to be enjoyed together	221

The awkward merriment of a ſtudent	226

The study of life not to be neglected for the fake of books	231

The hiftory of an adventurer in lottèries 237	237

189	283

The hiftory of Abouzaid the fon of Morad	287

The bufy life of a young lady	293

Love unfuccefsful without riches	299

The authors art of praiſing himſelf	305

A young noblemans progrefs in politeness	310

A young noblemans introduction to the knowledge of the town	316

Human opinions mutable The hopes of youth falla cious	322

The hiftory of a legacyhunter	327

The legacyhunters hiftory concluded	332

The virtues of Rabbi Abrahams magnet	339

Afpers complaint of the infolence of Profpero Un politeneſs not always the effect of pride	346

The importance of punctuality	352

The different acceptations of poverty Cynicks and Monks not poor	358

The pleaſures of life to be fought in proſpects of futu rity Future fame uncertain	363

The hiſtory of ten days of Seged emperor of Ethiopia	368

The hiftory of Seged concluded	374

The art of living at the cost of others	380

The folly of continuing too long upon the ſtage	385

The Ramblers reception His defign	391

Title	The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 6 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Samuel Johnson
Author	Samuel Johnson
Editor	Arthur Murphy
Publisher	L. Hansard, 1806
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	16 May 2012

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