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Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the text -- Life of Savage -- Vanity of human wishes -- Preface to the Dictionary -- Selections from the Dictionary -- Essays : Rambler, no. 4, The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The necessity of characters morally good ; No. 18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice ; No. 21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of public stations. The inequality of authors' writings ; No. 31. The defence of a known mistake highly culpable ; No. 60. The dignity and usefulness of biography ; No. 144. The difficulty of raising reputation. The various species of detractors ; No. 208. The Rambler's reception. His design ; Observations on the present state of affairs ; Idler. No. 22. The vulture ; No. 23. The unfitness of imprisoning debtors ; No. 61. Minim the critick ; No. 62. Minim the critick ; Bravery of the English common soldiers ; Legal brief on freeing a Negro slave -- Rasselas -- Preface to Shakespeare -- Life of Milton -- Life of Gray -- Light verse : Lines written in ridicule of Thomas Warton's poems ; Parody of Thomas Warton ; Parodies of The hermit of Warkworth ; Short song of congratulat

Author

E. L. McAdam, Jr. & George Milne

Publisher

New York, Pantheon Books

Published

1964

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24