The Rambler/Volume 2

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THE

RAMBLER.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

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

THE FOURTEENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street,

For J. Johnson, G. G. and J. Robinson, W. Otridge and Son, J. and C. Rivington, R. Faulder, W. Lowndes, J. Walker, G. Wilkie, P. M'Queen, B. Collins, J. Nunn, Darton and Harvey, Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees, Cadell jun. and Davies, Lackington, Allen and Co., Murray and Highley, Carpenter and Co., S. Bagster, and J. Mawman.

1801.

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CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

Numb. Page
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 ​
77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt 129
78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions 136
79. A suspicious man justly suspected 142
80. Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene 147
81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 152
82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities 157
83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 163
84. A young lady's impatience of controul 169
85. The mischiefs of total idleness 176
86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versification 182
87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual 189
88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry 194
89. The luxury of vain imagination 200
90. The pauses in English poetry adjusted 206
91. The conduct of Patronage; an allegory 212
92. The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical 218
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism 227
94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense 232
95. The history of Pertinax the sceptick 240
96. Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory 246
97. Advice to unmarried ladies 252
98. The necessity of cultivating politeness 259
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions 265
100. Modish pleasures 270
101. A proper audience necessary to a wit 275
102. The voyage of life 281
103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus 287
104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise 293
105. The universal register; a dream. 299

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