THE

W O R K S

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE FIFTH.

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FIFTH VOLUME.

Continuation of the RAMBLER.

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12

NUMB.

page

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

72. The necessity of good humour

6

73. The lingering expectation of an heir

74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The

character of Tetrica

18

75. The world never known but by a change of for-

tune. The history of Melissa

24

76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to

themselves

31

77. The learned seldom despised but when they de-

serve contempt

78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to

raise apprehensions

42

79. A suspicious man justly suspected

48

80. Variety necessary to happiness. A Winter scene

54

81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be

distinguished from debts of charity

59

VOL. V.

b

82, The

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