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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
Continuation of the RAMBLER.
121. The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of imitating
Spenser
Page
1
122. A criticism on the English historians · ·
123. The young trader turned gentleman....
124. The lady's misery in a summer retirement.
125. The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and comick
sentiments confounded....
19
126. The universality of cowardice. The impropriety of extort-
ing 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 mischief of indiscriminate dedication...
137. The necessity of literary courage ••••
-138. Original characters to be found in the country. The cha-
racter of Mrs. Busy.............
139. A critical examination of Samson Agonistes.
140. The criticism continued..
...
141. The danger of attempting wit in conversation. The cha-
racter of Pailius.
142. An account of squire Bluster.
143. The criterions of plagiarism
144. The difficulty of raising reputation. The various species of
detractors
107
145. Petty writers not to be despised.
112
146. An account of an authour travelling in quest of his own cha-
racter. The uncertainty of fame
116
147. The courtier's esteem of assurance...
120
148. The cruelty of parental tyranny
125
149. Benefits not always entitled to gratitude
150. Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge...
151. The climactericks of the mind..
152. Criticism on epistolary writings..
....
147
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 ne-
cessity of reviewing life
156. The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflections
153
157
on tragi-comedy
162
157. The scholar's complaint of his own bashfulness..
158. Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples
167
often mistaken......
159. The nature and remedies of bashfulness.
160. Rules for the choice of associates.
161. The revolutions of a garret.....
162. Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The conduct
of Thrasybulus...
-163. The mischiefs of following a patron....
.171
164. Praise universally desired. The failings of eminent men
often imitated
197
165. The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus to the
168. Poetry debased by mean expressions. An example from
Shakspeare
214
169. Labour necessary to excellence.
218
170. The history of Misella debauched by her relation.
171. Misella's description of the life of a prostitute.
172. The effect of sudden riches upon the manners..
173. Unreasonable fears of pedantry...
174. The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Dicaculus 240
175. The majority are wicked.............
176. Directions to authours attacked by criticks. The various
degrees of critical perspicacity.....
-180. The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books. 264
181. The history of an adventurer in lotteries
268
182. The history of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter
183. The influence of envy and interest compared.
273
.. 277
184. The subject of essays often suggested by chance. Chance
equally prevalent in other affairs ....
281
185. The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The mean-
ness of regulating our conduct by the opinions of men... 285
289
186. Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history....
187. The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded..
188. Favour often gained with little assistance from understand-
ing...
293
... 298
189. The mischiefs of falsehood... The character of Turpicula. 301-
190. The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad.
191. The busy life of a young lady·····
192. Love unsuccessful without riches
193. The authour's art of praising himself...
194. A young nobleman's progress in politeness.
195. A young nobleman's introduction to the knowledge of the
town..
305
309
314
318
322
327
196. Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious. 331
197. The history of a legacy-hunter ••
200. Asper's complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpolite-
201. The importance of punctuality • • •
349
353
202. The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks
358
not poor...
203. The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity.
Future fame uncertain• •
204. The history of ten days of Seged, emperor of Ethiopia.... 365
205. The history of Seged concluded..
206. The art of living at the cost of others.
207. The folly of continuing too long upon the stage.......
208. The Rambler's reception. His design..
