THE

RAMBLER.

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Nullius addiccus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

HOR.

VOL. III.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED TOR BELL & BRADFUTE, JAMES M'CLILSH, AND

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD;
GILBERT & HODGES, DUBLIN; AND S. CAMPBELL,

NEW YORK

125. SEP 1956)

CIBRAON

OF THE

I THIRD VOLUME.

etiremes

No.

Page
105 The universal register, a dream . . .. i
106 The vanity of an author's expectations. Reasons

why good authors are sometimes neglected

107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion. The

misery of prostitutes . . . . 13

108 Life sufficient to all purposes, if well employed

109 The education of a fop

110 Repentance stated and explained. Retirement

and abstinence useful to repentance ...

111 Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness

112 Too much nicety not to be indulged. The cha-

racter of Eriphile . . .

113 The history of Hymenæus's courtship . . .

114 The necessity of proportioning punishments to

crimes . . . . .

115 The sequel of Hymenæus's courtship .

116 The young trader's attempt at politeness... 73

117 The advantages of living in a garret .. ..

118 The narrowness of fame

119 Tranquillas's account of her lovers, opposed to

Hymenæus's . . . . . . 93

120 The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin 100

121 The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of

imitating Spenser . . . . . . 109

122 A criticism on the English historians ... 116

123 The young trader turned gentleman · · 122

124 The lady's misery in a summer retirement 128

125 The difficulty of defining comedy. Tragick and .

• comick sentiments confounded . . . 133

116 The universality of cowardice. The impropriety

of extorting praise. The impertinence of an

astronomer

. . . . . . 140