Index For the Rambler

 

1- Difficulty of the first address. Practice of the epic poets. Conveniences of periodical

    performances

2- The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Writers naturally sanguine. Their hopes

   liable to disappointment

3- An allegory on criticism

4- On modern fiction

5- A meditation on the Spring

6- Happiness not local

7- Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use

8- The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they respect the past, present, and future

9- The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual improvement of manufactures

10- Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades

11- The folly of anger. The misery of peevish old age

12- The history of a young woman that came to London for a service

13- The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying secrets

14- The difference between an author’s writings and his conversation

15- The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money

16- The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence

17- The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the passion

18- The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice

19- The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of the early choice of a profession.

20- The folly and inconvenience of affectation

21- The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations

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

24- The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The natural character not to be foresaken

25- Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be repressed

26- The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence

27- An author’s treatment from six patrons

28- The various arts of self-delusion

29- The folly of anticipating misfortunes

30- The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory

31- The defence of a known mistake highly culpable

32- The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience

33- An allegorical history of Rest and Labour

34- The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice

35- A marriage of prudence without affection

36- The reasons why pastorals delight

37- The true principles of pastoral poetry

38- The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable

39- The unhappiness of women whether single or married

40- The difficulty of giving advice without offending

41- The advantage of memory

42- The misery of a modish lady in solitude

43- The inconveniences of precipitation and confidence

44- Religion and Superstition; a vision

45- The causes of disagreement in marriage

46- The mischiefs of rural faction

47- The proper means of regulating sorrow

48- The miseries of an infirm constitution

49- A disquisition upon the value of fame

50- A virtuous old age always reverenced

51- The employments of a housewife in the country

52- The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy for grief

53- The folly and misery of a spendthrift

54- A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon the survivors

55- The gay widow’s impatience of the growth of her daughter. The history of Miss May-pole

56- The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler’s grief for offending his correspondents

57- Sententious rules of frugality

58- The desire of wealth moderated by philosophy

59- An account of Suspirius, the human screech owl

60- The dignity and usefulness of biography

61- A Londoner’s visit to the country

62- A young ladies impatience to see London

63- Inconstancy not always a weakness

64- The requisites to true friendship

65- Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story

66- Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed

67- The garden of Hope; a dream

68- Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of servants not to be despised

69- The miseries and prejudices of old age

70- Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always abandoned

71- No man believes that his own life will be short

72- The necessity of good humour

73- The lingering expectation of an heir

74- Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica

75- The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of Melissa

76- The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves

77- The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt

78- The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions

79- A suspicious man justly suspected

80- Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene

81- The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity

82- The virtuoso’s account of his rarities

83- The virtuoso’s curiosity justified

84- A young ladies impatience of control

85- The mischiefs of total idleness

86- The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criticism on Milton’s versification

87- The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual

88- A criticism on Milton’s versification. Elisions dangerous in English poetry

89- The luxery of vain imagination

90- The pauses in English poetry adjusted

91- The conduct of Patronage; an allegory

92- The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical

93- The prejudices and caprices of criticism

94- An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense

95- The history of Pertinax the sceptick

96- Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction; an allegory

97- Advice to unmarried ladies

98- The necessity of cultivating politeness

99-The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar dispositions

100- Modish pleasures

101- A proper audience necessary to a wit

102- The voyage of life

103- The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus

104- The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise

105- The universal register; a dream

106- The vanity of an author’s expectations. Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected

107- Properantia’s hopes of a year of confusion. The misery of prostitutes

108- Life sufficient to all purposes if well employed

109- The education of a fop

110- Repentance stated and explained. Retirement and abstinence useful to repentance

111- Youth made unfortunate by its haste and eagerness

112- Too much nicety not to be indulged. The character of Eriphile

113- The history of Hymenaeus’s courtship

114- The necessity of proportioning punishments to crimes

115- The sequel of Hymenaeus’s courtship

116- The young trader’s attempt at politeness

117- The advantages of living in a garret

118- The narrowness of fame

119- Tranquilla’s account of her lovers, opposed to Hymenaeus

120- The history of Almamoulin the son of Nouradin

121- The dangers of imitation. The impropriety of imitating Spenser

122- A criticism on the English historians

123- The young trader turned gentleman

124- The lady’s misery in summer retirement

125- The difficulty in defining comedy. Tragick and comick sentiments confounded

126- The universality of cowardice The impropriety of extorting praise The impertinence of an astronomer

127- Diligence too soon relaxed. Necessity of perseverance

128- Anxiety universal. The unhappiness of a wit and a fine lady

129- The folly of cowardice and inactivity

130- The history of a beauty

131- Desire of gain the general passion

132- The difficulty of educating a young nobleman

133- The miseries of a beauty defaced

134- Idleness an anxious and miserable state

135- The folly of annual retreats into the country

136- The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication

137- The necessity of literary courage

138- Original characters to be found in the country. The character of Mrs. Busy

140- The criticism continued

141- The danger of attempting wit in conversation. The character of Papilius

142- An account of Squire Bluster

143- The criterions of plagiarism

144- The difficulty of raising reputations. The various species of detractors

145- Petty writers not to be despised

146- An account of an author traveling in quest of his own character. The uncertainty of fame

147- The courtier’s esteem of assurance

148- The cruelty of parental tyranny

149- Benefits not always entitled to gratitude

150- Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge

151- The climactericks of the mind

152- Criticism on epistolary writings

153- The treatment incurred by loss of fortune

154- The inefficacy of genius without learning

155- The usefulness of advice. The danger of habits. The necessity of reviewing life

156- The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflections on tragi-comedy

157- The scholar’s complaint of his own bashfulness

158- Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples often mistaken

159- The nature and remedies of bashfulness

160- Rules for the choice of associates

161- The revolutions of a garret

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

163- The mischiefs of following a patron

164- Praise universally desired. The failings of eminent men often imitated

165- The impotence of wealth. The visit of Scrotinus to the place of his nativity

166- Favour not easily gained by the poor

167- The marriage of Hymenaeus and Tranquilla

168- Poetry debased by mean expressions. An example from Shakespeare

169- Labour necessary to excellence

170- The history of Misella debauched by her relation

171- Misella’s description of the life of a prostitute

172- The effect of sudden riches upon the manners

173- Unreasonable fears of pedantry

174- The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Dicaculus

175- The majority are wicked

176- Directions to authors attacked by criticks. The various degrees of critical perspicacity

177- An account of a club of antiquaries

178- Many advantages not to be enjoyed together

179- The awkward merriment of a student

180- The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books

181-The history of an adventurer in lotteries

182- The history of Leviculus, the fortune-hunter

183- The influence of envy and interest compared

184- The subject of essays often suggested by chance. Chance equally prevalent in other affairs

185- The prohibition of revenge justifiable by reason. The meanness of regulating our conduct by the

        opinions of men

186- Anningait and Ajut; a Greenland history

187- The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded

188- Favour often gained with little assistance from understanding

189- The mischiefs of falsehood. The character of Turpicula

190- The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad

191- The busy life of a young lady

192- Love unsuccessful without riches

193- The author’s art of praising himself

194- A young nobleman’s progress in politeness

195- A young nobleman’s introduction to the knowledge of the town

196- Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious

197- The history of a legacy-hunter

198- The legacy-hunter’s history concluded

199- The virtues of Rabbi Abraham’s magnet

200- Asper’s complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpoliteness not always the effect of pride

201- The importance of punctuality

202- The different acceptations of poverty. Cynicks and Monks not poor

203- The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity. Future fame uncertain

204- The history of ten days of Seged, emperour of Ethiopia

205- The history of Seged concluded

206- The art of living at the cost of others

207- The folly of continuing too long upon the stage

208- The Rambler’s reception. His design

 

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