The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3

Pafraets Book Company, 1903

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NO PAGE 113 The history of Hymen�uss courtship	1

The necessity of proportioning punishments to crimes	7

The sequel of Hymen�uss courtship	14

The young traders attempt at politeness	21

117 The advantages of living in a garret	28

The narrowness of fame	36

Tranquillas account of her lovers opposed to Hymen�us	42

The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin	49

An account of squire Bluster	185

The criterions of plagiarism	192

144 The difficulty of raising reputation The various species of de tractors	199

Petty writers not to be despised	205

The uncertainty of fame	211

The courtiers esteem of assurance	217

The cruelty of parental tyranny	223

Benefits not always entitled to gratitude	229

The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser	56

A criticism on the English historians	63

The young trader turned gentleman	69

The ladys misery in a summer retirement	75

The difficulty of defining comedy Tragick and comick senti ments confounded	80

The universality of cowardice The impropriety of extorting praise The impertinence of an astronomer	87

Diligence too soon relaxed Necessity of perseverance	94

Anxiety universal The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady	100

The folly of cowardice and inactivity	105

The history of a beauty	111

Desire of gain the general passion	118

The difficulty of educating a young nobleman	123

The miseries of a beauty defaced	130

Idleness an anxious and miserable state	136

The folly of annual retreats into the country	141

NO PAGE 146 An account of an author travelling in quest of his own character	146

The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication	147

The necessity of literary courage 154	154

Original characters to be found in the country The character of Mrs Busy	162

A critical examination of Samson Agonistes	166

The criticism continued	172

The danger of attempting wit in conversation The character of Papilius	179

Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge	235

The climactericks of the mind	241

Criticism on epistolary writings	247

The treatment incurred by loss of fortune	253

The inefficacy of genius without learning	260

The usefulness of advice The danger of habits The necessity of reviewing life	266

The laws of writing not always indisputable Reflections on tragicomedy	273

The scholars complaint of his own bashfulness	279

Rules of writing drawn from examples Those examples often mistaken	285

The nature and remedies of bashfulness	290

Rules for the choice of associates	295

The revolutions of a garret	300

162 Old men in danger of falling into pupilage The conduct of Thrasybulus	307

The mischiefs of following a patron	313

Praise universally desired The failings of eminent men often imitated	320

The impotence of wealth The visit of Scrotinus to the place of his nativity	324

Favour not easily gained by the poor	331

The marriage of Hymen�us and Tranquilla	336

168 Poetry debased by mean expressions An example from Shakes peare	342

Labour necessary to excellence	347

The history of Misella debauched by her relation	353

Titolo	The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson
Autore	Samuel Johnson
Editore	Pafraets Book Company, 1903
Provenienza dell'originale	la University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitalizzato	16 mag 2012

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