THE

RAMBLER.

IN FOUR VOLUMES

VOL. II.

Nullius addictus jurare in verba magiftri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempeftas, deferor hofpes.

HOR.

THE FOURTEENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street,

For J. Johnson, G. G. and J. Robinson, W. Otridge and Son,
J. and C. Rivington, R. Faulder, W. Lowndes, J. Walker,
G. Wilkie, P. M'Queen, B. Collins, J. Nunn, Darton and
Harvey, Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees, Cadell jun,
and Davies, Lackington, Allen and Co., Murray and Highley,
Carpenter and Co., S. Bagster, and J. Mawman.

JAN

23 FEB 1973

LIBRARY

OF THE

NUMB.

SECOND

VOLUM É.

54 A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of
death upon the furvivors.

55 The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her

daughter. The history of miss May-pole.

56 The neceffity of complaifance. The Rambler's grief for

offending his correfpondents.

57 Sententious rules of frugality.

58 The defire of wealth moderated by philofophy.

59 An account of Sufpirius the human fcreech-owl."

60 The dignity and usefulness of Biography.

61 A Londoner's vifit to the country.

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62 A young lady's impatience to fee London.

63 Inconftancy not always a weakness.

64 The requifites to true friendship.

65 Obidah and the hermit, an Eastern story.

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66 Paffion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill

directed.

67 The garden of hope, a dream.

68 Every man chiefly happy or miferable at home. The

opinion of fervants not to be despised.

69 The miferies and prejudices of old age.

70 Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vici-

ous not always abandoned.

71 No man believes that his own life will be short.

74 Peevishness equally wretched and offenfive. The char-

acter of Tetrica.

112

75 The world never known but by a change of fortune.

The history of Melissa.

118

76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to them-

felves.

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77 The learned feldom defpifed but when they deferve con

tempt.

78 The power of Novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehenfions.

79 A fufpicious man juftly fufpected.

80 Variety neceffary to happiness. A winter fcene.

81 The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity.

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86 The danger of fucceeding a great author: An introduction to a criticism on Milton's verfification.

182

87 The reafons why advice is generally ineffectual,

88 A criticism on Milton's verfification. Elifions dangerous

in English poetry.

89 The luxury of vain imagination.

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90 The paufes in English poetry adjusted.

206

91 The conduct of patronage, an allegory..

212

92 The accommodation of found to fenfe, often chimerical.

218

93 The prejudices and caprices of criticism.

227

94 An enquiry how far Milton has accommodated the found

to the fenfe.

232

95 The history of Pertinax the sceptick.

240

96 Truth, falfehood, and fiction, an allegory.

246

97 Advice to unmarried ladies.

252

98 The neceffity of cultivating politeness.

259

99 The pleafures of private friendship. The neceffity of

fimilar difpofitions.

100 Modifh pleasures.

101 A proper audience necessary to a wit.

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102 The voyage of life.

281

103 The prevalence of curiofity. The character of Nuga

culus.

287

104 The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise. 293 105 The universal register, a dream.

299 THE