[!--Note--] ([31]) Rambler, No. 77.

[!--Note--] ([32]) Ita feri ut se sentiat emori.

CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

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1.Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epick poets. Convenience of periodical performances. [1]
2.The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment. [6]
3.An allegory on criticism. [11]
4.The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The necessity of characters morally good. [15]
5.A meditation on the Spring. [20]
6.Happiness not local. [25]
7.Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use. [30]
8.The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they respect the past, present, and future. [35]
9.The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual improvement of manufactures. [40]
10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades. [44]
11.The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age. [50]
12.The history of a young woman that came to London for a service. [55]
13.The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying secrets. [61]
14.The difference between an author's writings and his conversation. [66]
15.The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money. [72]
16.The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence. [78]
17.The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the passions. [83]
18.The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice. [87]
19.The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of the early choice of a profession. [93]
20.The folly and inconvenience of affectation. [99]
21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations. The inequality of authors' writings. [104]
22.An allegory on wit and learning. [109]
23.The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An author obliged to depend upon his own judgment. [113]
24.The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The natural character not to be forsaken. [117]
25.Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be repressed. [122]
26.The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence. [127]
27.An author's treatment from six patrons. [132]
28.The various arts of self-delusion. [136]
29.The folly of anticipating misfortunes. [142]
30.The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory. [146]
31.The defence of a known mistake highly culpable. [150]
32.The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience. [156]
33.An allegorical history of Rest and Labour. [161]
34.The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice. [165]
35.A marriage of prudence without affection. [171]
36.The reasons why pastorals delight. [176]
37.The true principles of pastoral poetry. [180]
38.The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable. [185]
39.The unhappiness of women whether single or married. [190]
40.The difficulty of giving advice without offending. [194]
41.The advantages of memory. [199]
42.The misery of a modish lady in solitude. [204]
43.The inconveniences of precipitation and confidence. [208]
44.Religion and Superstition; a vision. [213]
45.The causes of disagreement in marriage. [218]
46.The mischiefs of rural faction. [222]
47.The proper means of regulating sorrow. [227]
48.The miseries of an infirm constitution. [231]
49.A disquisition upon the value of fame. [235]
50.A virtuous old age always reverenced. [240]
51.The employments of a housewife in the country. [244]
52.The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy for grief. [250]
53.The folly and misery of a spendthrift. [254]
54.A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon the survivors. [258]
55.The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The history of Miss May-pole. [263]
56.The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending his correspondents. [268]
57.Sententious rules of frugality. [273]
58.The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy. [277]
59.An account of Suspirius, the human screech-owl. [281]
60.The dignity and usefulness of biography. [285]
61. A Londoner's visit to the country. [290]
62.A young lady's impatience to see London. [295]
63.Inconstancy not always a weakness. [300]
64.The requisites to true friendship. [304]
65.Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story. [309]
66.Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed. [313]
67.The garden of Hope; a dream. [317]
68.Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of servants not to be despised. [322]
69.The miseries and prejudice of old age. [326]
70.Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always abandoned. [330]
71.No man believes that his own life will be short. [334]
72.The necessity of good humour. [338]
73.The lingering expectation of an heir. [342]
74.Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica. [347]
75.The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of Melissa. [352]
76.The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves. [357]
77.The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt. [361]
78.The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions. [366]
79.A suspicious man justly suspected. [370]
80.Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene. [375]
81.The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity. [369]
82.The virtuoso's account of his rarities. [383]
83.The virtuoso's curiosity justified. [388]
84.A young lady's impatience of controul. [393]
85.The mischiefs of total idleness. [398]
86.The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton's versification. [402]
87.The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual. [408]
88.A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry. [412]
89.The luxury of vain imagination. [417]
90.The pauses in English poetry adjusted. [421]
91.The conduct of Patronage; an allegory. [426]
92.The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical. [431]
93.The prejudices and caprices of criticism. [438]
94.An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense. [442]
95.The history of Pertinax the sceptick. [449]
96.Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory. [453]
97.Advice to unmarried ladies. [458]
98.The necessity of cultivating politeness. [464]
99.The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions. [468]
100. Modish pleasures. [472]
101.A proper audience necessary to a wit. [476]
102.The voyage of life. [481]
103.The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus. [486]
104.The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise. [491]
105.The universal register; a dream. [495]

THE
RAMBLER.

No. 1.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1749-50.

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