THE

WORKS

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Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

IN ELEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis,
B. White and Son, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson,
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53 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions in the Fleet 26

58 Prefumption of modern criticifm cenfured. Ancient
poetry neceffarily obfcure. Examples from Horace

62 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions concluded

69 Idle hope,

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85 Study, compofition, and converfe, equally neceffary to

intellectual accomplishment

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84 Folly of falfe pretences to importance. A journey in

a ftage-coach

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77

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92 Criticism on the Paftorals of Virgil

95 Apology for apparent plagiarism. Sources of literary

variety

99 Projectors injudiciously cenfured and applauded

102 Infelicities of retirement to men of business

107 Different opinions equally plausible

108 The uncertainty of human things

111 The pleasures and advantages of industry

115 The itch of writing univerfal

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Propofals for printing the Dramatick Works of William

Shakespeare, printed in the year 1756

236

An Effay on the Origin and Importance of Small Tracts:

and Fugitive Pieces

350

Some Account of a Book called The Life of Benvenuto

Cellini

A View of the Controverfy between Monf. Croufaz and

Mr. Warburton, on the Subject of Mr. Pope's Effay

on Man

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