CONTENTSOFTHE FIRST VOLUME.Numb.Page1.Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets. Convenience of periodical performances.12.The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment.63.An allegory on criticism.114.The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The necessity of characters morally good.155.A meditation on the Spring.206.Happiness not local.257.Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use.308.The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they respect the past, present, and future.359.The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual improvement of manufactures.4010.Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades.4411.The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age.5012.The history of a young woman that came to London for a service.5513.The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying secrets.6114.The difference between an author's writings and his conversation.6615.The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money.7216.The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence.7817.The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the passions.8318.The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice.8719.The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of the early choice of a profession.9320.The folly and inconvenience of affectation.9921.The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations. The inequality of authors' writings.10422.An allegory on wit and learning.10923.The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment.11324.The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The natural character not to be forsaken.11725.Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be repressed.12226.The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence.12727.An author's treatment from six patrons.13228.The various arts of self-delusion.13629.The folly of anticipating misfortunes.14230.The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory.14631.The defence of a known mistake highly culpable.15032.The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience.15633.An allegorical history of Rest and Labour.16134.The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice.16535.A marriage of prudence without affection.17136.The reasons why pastorals delight.17637.The true principles of pastoral poetry.18038.The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable.18539.The unhappiness of women whether single or married.19040.The difficulty of giving advice without offending.19441.The advantages of memory.19942.The misery of a modish lady in solitude.20443.The inconveniences of precipitation and confidence.20844.Religion and Superstition; a vision.21345.The causes of disagreement in marriage.21846.The mischiefs of rural faction.22247.The proper means of regulating sorrow.22748.The miseries of an infirm constitution.23149.A disquisition upon the value of fame.23550.A virtuous old age always reverenced.24051.The employments of a housewife in the country.24452.The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy for grief.25053.The folly and misery of a spendthrift.25454.A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon the survivors.25855.The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The history of Miss May-pole.26356.The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending his correspondents.26857.Sententious rules of frugality.27358.The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy.27759.An account of Suspirius, the human screech-owl.28160.The dignity and usefulness of biography.28561.A Londoner's visit to the country.29062.A young lady's impatience to see London.29563.Inconstancy not always a weakness.30064.The requisites to true friendship.30465.Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story.30966.Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed.31367.The garden of Hope; a dream.31768.Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of servants not to be despised.32269.The miseries and prejudice of old age.32670.Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always abandoned.33071.No man believes that his own life will be short.33472.The necessity of good humour.33873.The lingering expectation of an heir.34274.Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica.34775.The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of Melissa.35276.The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves.35777.The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt.36178.The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions.36679.A suspicious man justly suspected.37080.Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene.37581.The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity.36982.The virtuoso's account of his rarities.38383.The virtuoso's curiosity justified.38884.A young lady's impatience of controul.39385.The mischiefs of total idleness.39886.The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versification.40287.The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual.40888.A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry.41289.The luxury of vain imagination.41790.The pauses in English poetry adjusted.42191.The conduct of Patronage; an allegory.42692.The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical.43193.The prejudices and caprices of criticism.43894.An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense.44295.The history of Pertinax the sceptick.44996.Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory.45397.Advice to unmarried ladies.45898.The necessity of cultivating politeness.46499.The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions.468100.Modish pleasures.472101.A proper audience necessary to a wit.476102.The voyage of life.481103.The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus.486104.The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise.491105.The universal register; a dream.495
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