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14 The difference between an author's writings and his
converfation
15 The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has loft
her money
16 The dangers and miseries of literary eminence
17 The frequent contemplation of death neceffary to mo-
derate the paffions
18 The unhappiness of marriage caufed by irregular mo-
tives of choice
19 The danger of ranging from one study to another. The
importance of the early choice of a profeffion
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20 The folly and inconvenience of affectation
21 The anxieties of literature not lefs than those of publick
ftations. The inequality of authors writings
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137
144
22 An allegory on wit and learning
23 The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection.
An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment 150
The neceffity of attending to the duties of common life.
The natural character not to be forfaken
156
25 Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to
be repreffed
162
26 The mischief of extravagance, and mifery of dependance 168
27 An author's treatment from fix patrons
175
28 The various arts of felf-delufion
181
29 The folly of anticipating misfortunes
188
30 The obfervance of Sunday recommended; an allegory 194
33 An allegorical history of reft and labour
31 The defence of a known mistake highly culpable
199
The vanity of ftoicifm. The neceffity of patience
207
213
34 The uneafiness and disgust of female cowardice
35 A marriage of prudence without affection
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238
36 The reafons why paftorals delight
37 The true principles of pastoral poetry
38 The advantages of mediocrity. An Eaftern fable
39 The unhappiness of women, whether single or married
40 The difficulty of giving advice without offending
41 The advantages of memory
42 The misery of a modish lady in folitude
44 Religion and fuperftition, a vifion
45The caufes of difagreement in marriage
46 The mischiefs of rural faction
47 The proper means of regulating forrow
48 The miseries of an infirm constitution
49 A difquifition upon the value of fame
50 A virtuous old age always reverenced
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319
51 The employments of a housewife in the country
325
for grief
52 The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy
53 The folly and misery of a spendthrift
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338
54 A death-bed the true school of wifdom. The effects of
death upon
the furvivors
344
55
The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daugh-
ter. The hiftory of mifs May-pole
351
56 The neceffity of complaifance. The Rambler's grief
for offending his correspondents
357
57 Sententious rules of frugality
364
61 A Londoner's vifit to the country
58 The defire of wealth moderated by philofophy
59 An account of Sufpirius the human fcreech-owl
60 The dignity and usefulness of biography
62 A young lady's impatience to fee London
63 Inconftancy not always a weakness
64 The requifites to true friendship
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406
65 Obidab and the hermit, an Eastern story
66 Paffion not to be eradicated.
68 Every man chiefly happy or miferable at home. The
opinion of fervants not to be despised
429
69 The miferies and prejudice of old age
435
70 Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vi-
cious not always abandoned
441
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