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CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

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54. A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon the survivors 1
55. The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The history of Miss May-pole 7
56. The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending his correspondents 13
57. Sententious rules of frugality 20
58. The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy 25
59. An account of Suspirius, the human screech-owl 30
60. The dignity and usefulness of biography 35
61. A Londoner's visit to the country 41
62. A young lady's impatience to see London 48
63. Inconstancy not always a weakness 53
64. The requisites to true friendship 59
65. Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story 64
66. Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed 70
67. The garden of Hope; a dream 75
68. Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of servants not to be despised 81
69. The miseries and prejudice of old age 86
70. Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always abandoned 91
71. No man believes that his own life will be short 96
72. The necessity of good humour 101
73. The lingering expectation of an heir 106
74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica 112
75. The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of Melissa 118
76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves 125
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