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CONTENTS.
VOL. XXI.
No.
107. PROPERANTIA's Hopes of a Year of
Confusion-the Misery of Prostitutes. JOHNSON
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
111. Youth made unfortunate by its Haste
and Eagerness..
112. Too much Nicety not to be indulged-
the Character of Eriphile...
113. The History of Hymenæus's Courtship.-
114. The Necessity of proportioning Pu-
nishments to Crimes
115. The Sequel of Hymenæus's Courtship.
116. The young Trader's Attempt at Polite-
ness
117. The Advantages of living in a Garret.
118. The Narrowness of Fame...
119. Tranquilla's Account of her Lovers op-
posed to Hymenæus.
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120. The History of Almamoulin the Son of
Nouradin
121. The Dangers of Imitation-the Impro-
priety of imitating Spenser...
122. A Criticism on the English Historians.
123. The young Trader turned Gentleman.
124. The Ladies' Misery in a Summer Re-
tirement....
125. The Difficulty of defining Comedy-
Tragick and Comick Sentiments con-
founded..
126. The Universality of Cowardice-the
Impropriety of extorting Praise-the
Impertinence of an Astronomer
127. Diligence too soon relaxed-Necessity
of Perseverance
128. Anxiety universal--the Unhappiness of
a Wit and a fine Lady
129. The Folly of Cowardice and Inactivity.
130. The History of a Beauty
131. Desire of Gain, the general Passion
132. The Difficulty of educating a young
Nobleman..
133. The Miseries of a Beauty defaced..
134. Idleness, an anxious and miserable
State
135. The Folly of annual Retreats into the
Country
136. The Meanness and Mischiefs of indis-
criminate Dedication
...
137. The Necessity of literary Courage..
138. Original Characters to be found in the
Country-the Character of Mrs.
Busy...
139. A critical Examination of Sampson
Agonistes ..
140. The Criticism continued
JOHNSON
141. The Danger of attempting Witin Con-
versation-the Character of Papilius JOHNSON
142. An account of Squire Bluster..
143. The Criterions of Plagiarism
144. The Difficulty of raising Reputation-
the various Species of Detractors..
145. Petty Writers not to be despised
146. An account of an Author travelling in
Quest of his own Character-the Un-
certainty of Fame
147. The Courtier's Esteem of Assurance.
148. The Cruelty of parental Tyranny..
149. Benefits not always intitled to Grati-
tude
✓ 150. Adversity useful to the Acquisition of
Knowledge.
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151. The Climactericks of the Mind
152. Criticism on epistolary Writings..
153. The Treatment incurred by Loss of
Fortune
154. The Inefficacy of Genius without
Learning
155. The Usefulness of Advice-the Danger
of Habits-the Necessity of reviewing
Life...
156. The Laws of Writing not always indis-
putable--Reflections on Tragi-Co-
medy
157. The Scholar's Complaint of his own
Bashfulness..
✓ 158. Rules of Writing drawn from Examples
-those Examples often mistaken
159. The Nature and Remedies of Bash-
fulness