THE

WORKS

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 SIXTH.

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141 The danger of attempting wit in converfation. The

character of Papilius

142 An account of fquire Blufler

143 The criterions of plagiarism

· 144 The difficulty of raising reputation. The various fpecies

of detractors

145 Petty writers not to be difpifed

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146 An account of an author travelling in queft of his own

character. The uncertainty of fame

147 The courtier's efteem of affurance

149 Benefits not always entitled to gratitude

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148 The cruelty of parental tyranny

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155 The usefulness of advice. The danger of habits. The

neceflity of reviewing life

88

tions on tragi-comedy

156 The laws of writing not always indifputable. Reflec-

157 The fcholar's complaint of his own bashfulnefs

158 Rules of writing drawn from examples. Thofe ex-

95

amples often mistaken

VOL. VI.

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159 The

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162 Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The con-

duct of Thrafybulus

129

153 The mifchiefs of following a patron

135

154 Praise universally defired. The failings of eminent men

often imitated

142

165 The impotence of wealth. The vifit of Serotinus to the

place of his nativity

146

166 Favour not eafily gained by the poor

153

167 The marriage of Hymenaus and Tranquilla.

158

168 Poetry debased by mean expreflions. An example from

176 Directions to authors attacked by criticks. The various

degrees of critical perfpicacity

210

180 The study of life not to be neglected for the fake of

books

231

181 The hiftory of an adventurer in lottèries

237-

182 The hiftory of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter

243

183 The influence of envy and intereft compared

249

184 The subject of effays often fuggefted by chance.

Chance equally prevalent in other affairs

254

185 The prohibition of revenge juftifiable by reason. The

meannefs of regulating our conduct by the opinions