The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5

Samuel Johnson

F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823

Contents

• NUMB Page 1 IDLERs character: 3
• Invitation to correspondents: 5
• Idlers reason for writing: 9
• Charities and Hospitals: 13
• Proposals for a female army: 17
• Ladys performance on horseback: 21
• Scheme for newswriters: 25
• Plan of military discipline: 29
• Progress of idleness: 35
• Political credulity: 37
• Discourses on the weather: 43
• Marriages why advertised: 45
• The imaginary housewife: 49
• Robbery of time: 53
• Treacles complaint of his wife: 56
• Druggets retirement: 60
• Expedients of Idlers: 64
• Drugget vindicated: 67
• Whirlers character: 71
• Louisbourgs history: 75
• Lingers history of listlessness: 80
• Imprisonment of debtors: 84
• Uncertainty of friendship: 88
• Man does not always think: 92
• New actors on the theatre: 96
• Betty Brooms history: 100
• Power of habits: 105
• Wedding dayGrocers wifeChairman: 109
• NUMB Page 29 Betty Brooms history: 113
• Corruption of newswriters: 117
• Disguises of idleness Sobers character: 121
• Sleep: 125
• Journal of a fellow of a college: 129
• Punch and conversation: 134
• Auction hunter: 138
• The terrific diction: 142
• Iron and gold: 146
• Debtors in prison: 151
• The bracelet: 155
• Art of advertising: 161
• On the death of a friend: 163
• Perditas complaint of her father: 167
• Monitions on the flight of time: 171
• Use of memory: 175
• Portraits defended: 178
• Molly Quicks complaint of her mistress: 182
• Deborah Gingers account of city wits: 186
• The bustles of idleness: 191
• Marvels journey: 194
• Marvel paralleled: 198
• Domestick greatness unattainable: 202
• Selfdenial necessary: 206
• Mischiefs of good company: 210
• Mrs Savecharges complaint: 215
• Authors mortifications 22O 56 Virtuosos whimsical: 224
• Character of Sophron the prudent: 228
• Expectations of pleasure frustrated: 232
• Books fall into neglect: 235
• Minim the critick: 238
• Rangers account of the vanity of riches: 248
• Progress of arts and language: 252
• Rangers complaint concluded: 255
• Fate of posthumous works: 259
• Loss of antient writings: 263
• Scholars journal: 266

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5; The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson
• Author: Samuel Johnson
• Publisher: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823
• Original from: University of Minnesota
• Digitized: Feb 3, 2010