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S a m u e l J o h n S o n This page intentionally left blank S A M U E L J O H N S O N � S elected Works EditEd by RobERt dEMaRia, JR. StEphEn Fix howaRd d. wEinbRot t h E ya l E E d i t i o n New Haven and London Published with assistance from the Annie Burr Lewis Fund. Copyright © 2021 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, busi ness, or promotional use. For information, please e mail [email protected] (U.S. office) or [email protected] (U.K. office). Designed by Nancy Ovedovitz. Set in Bulmer & Centaur type by Tseng Information Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Control Number: 2020932030 ISBn 978 0 300 11303 7 (hardcover : alk. paper) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of anSI/nISo Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Editorial Committee of The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson Robert DeMaria, Jr., General Editor and Chair Stephen Fix, Secretary Thomas F. Bonnell James Engell Gerald M. Goldberg Benjamin B. Hoover Thomas Kaminski Bruce Redford Loren Rothschild Howard D. Weinbrot This page intentionally left blank C o n t e n t S Biographical Sketch xiii Chronology xxi Short Titles and Abbreviations xxiii Suggestions for Further Reading xxv A Note on the Text xxix Acknowledgments xxxi Periodical Essays BegInnIngS and endIngS 3 Rambler, No. 1, Difficulty of the first address 3 Rambler, No. 2, The necessity and danger of looking into futurity 8 Rambler, No. 207, The folly of continuing too long upon the stage 12 Rambler, No. 208, The Rambler’s reception 16 Idler, No. 103, Horror of the last 20 the ConduCt of lIfe: PaSSIonS and haBItS 22 Rambler, No. 24, The duties of common life 22 Rambler, No. 32, Patience under suffering 26 Rambler, No. 47, Alleviating sorrow 30 Rambler, No. 72, The necessity of good humor 34 Idler, No. 23, On friendship 38 Rambler, No. 134, Miseries of idleness 40 Idler, No. 27, The power of habits 44 the ConduCt of lIfe: moral ChoICeS 46 Rambler, No. 8, The thoughts to be brought under regulation as they respect the past, present, and future 46 vii Rambler, No. 28, On self delusion 51 Rambler, No. 31, Defense of error is culpable 55 Adventurer, No. 50, On lying 60 Rambler, No. 76, How bad men are reconciled to themselves 64 Rambler, No. 131, Desire of gain 67 lIterature, learnIng, and authorShIP 70 Rambler, No. 14, Authors and writing 70 Rambler, No. 16, Literary eminence 75 Rambler, No. 125, “Definition is not the province of man” 79 Rambler, No. 137, The necessity of literary courage 84 Adventurer, No. 107, Different opinions equally plausible 88 Adventurer, No. 115, The age of authors 92 Adventurer, No. 138, The author’s happiness and unhappiness 96 Idler, No. 63, The progress of language 100 marrIage, men, and Women 102 Rambler, No. 18, Marriage and misery 102 Rambler, No. 35, A marriage of prudence without affection 107 Rambler, No. 45, Disagreements in marriage 111 Idler, No. 12, Why marriages are advertised 115 CrItICal theory and PraCtICe 118 Rambler, No. 4, The necessity of characters morally good 118 Rambler, Nos. 36 and 37, Pastoral poetry 123 and 127 Rambler, No. 60, Biography 132 Idler, Nos. 84 and 102, Autobiography 136 and 138 Rambler, No. 94, On the relation of sound and sense in poetry 140 Rambler, No. 168, Poetic language 147 Rambler, No. 158, The role of critics and rules of writing 151 Rambler, No. 176, Directions to authors attacked by critics 155 War and ImPerIalISm 158 Idler, No. 20, Two versions of the Battle of Louisbourg 158 Idler, [No. 22], A vulture views Europeans in North America 161 Idler, No. 81, An Indian in Quebec 164 viii CONTENTS Fiction The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 169 The Fountains: A Fairy Tale 254 Poetry London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal 266 To Miss ____ On her Playing upon the Harpsichord 275 An Epitaph on Claudy Phillips, A Musician 277 Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane, 1747 278 The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated 281 A Short Song of Congratulation 293 On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet 295 Writings on Law and Society Rambler, No. 114, Capital punishment 298 Rambler, Nos. 170 and 171, On prostitution 302 and 306 From Boswell’s Life of Johnson, A legal brief against slavery 310 Political Writings From An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain (1756) 315 Observations on the Present State of Affairs (1756) 322 The Bravery of the English Common Soldiers (1760) 330 Introduction to Proceedings of the Committee on French Prisoners (1760) 333 The Patriot (1774) 335 Religious Writings Sermon 1 (On Marriage) 344 Sermon 25 (On the Death of Elizabeth Johnson) 352 From A Review of Soame Jenyns’s A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil (1757) 359 CONTENTS ix
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