THE USEFULNESS OF ADVICE. THE DANGER OF HABITS. THE

THE

THE PROHIBITION OF REVENGE JUSTIFIABLE BY REASON.
MEANNESS OF REGULATING OUR CONDUCT BY THE
OPINIONS OF MEN

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TO READ, WRITE, AND CONSERVE IN DUE PROPORTIONS THE

SAMUEL JOHNSON

SELECTED FROM

THE RAMBLER,

1750-1752;

THE ADVENTURER,

1753; AND

THE IDLER,

1758-1760.

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY

STUART J. REID,

Author of "The Life and Times of Sydney Smith."

LONDON

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