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CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOLUME OF THE RAMBLER.
NUMB.
1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of the epick poets. Con-
venience of periodical performances
....
2. The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Writers naturally
sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment
4. The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The neces-
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 improve-
ment of manufactures
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10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades ...
11. The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age..........
12. The history of a young woman that came to London for a service.... 55
13. The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying
secrets......
61
14. The difference between an author's writings and his conversation.... 66
15. The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money....
16. The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence....
72
78
17. The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the pas-
sions
83
18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice... 87
19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of
the early choice of a profession ....
93
20. The folly and inconvenience of affectation
99
21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations.
The inequality of authors' writings
104
22. An allegory on wit and learning
109
23. The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An author
obliged to depend upon his own judgment ......
113
24. The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The na- tural character not to be forsaken
25. Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprise not to be repressed 122
26. The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence
27. An author's treatment from six patrons
28. The various arts of self-delusion
29. The folly of anticipating misfortunes
30. The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory
31. The defence of a known mistake highly culpable
32. The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience...
33. An allegorical history of Rest and Labour...
34. The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice..
35. A marriage of prudence without affection
36. The reasons why pastorals delight
37. The true principles of pastoral poetry
127
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38. The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable
39. The unhappiness of women whether single or married
40. The difficulty of giving advice without offending
41. The advantages of memory..
52. The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy for grief
53. The folly and misery of a spendthrift ....
54. A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon
the survivors....
258
55. The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The his-
tory of miss Maypole
... 263
57. Sententious rules of frugality
56. The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending
his correspondents.....
58. The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy
59. An account of Suspirius, the human screechowl
60. The dignity and usefulness of biography
61. A Londoner's visit to the country.....
62. A young lady's impatience to see London
63. Inconstancy not always a weakness..
64. The requisites to true friendship ...
268
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300
304
65. Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story
309
66. Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed..... 313
67. The garden of Hope; a dream....
... 317
68. Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of ser-
vants not to be despised
322
69. The miseries and prejudice of old age
326
70. Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vitious not always
abandoned...
71. No man believes that his own life will be short
72. The necessity of good humour ...
73. The lingering expectation of an heir..
330
334
338
342
74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica 347
75. The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of
Melissa......
76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves.
352
357
77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt...... 361
78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions 366
79. A suspicious man justly suspected
370
80. Variety necessary to happiness: a winter scene.
375
81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from
86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criti-
cism on Milton's versification
402
87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual..
408
88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English
92. The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical
431
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism....
438
94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense 442
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar disposi-
103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus...
104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise..
105. The universal register: a dream
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