Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

Chapters

1. 1 Bibliographical Introduction, part 1Barbara Baker 38:22
2. 2 Biographical Introduction, part 2Barbara Baker 35:50
3. 3 The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. Their Hopes Liable to DisappointmentBarbara Baker 16:23
4. 4 An Allegory on CriticismBarbara Baker 12:14
5. 5 The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Characters Morally GoodBarbara Baker 15:06
6. 6 The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old AgeBarbara Baker 15:05
7. 7 The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his ConversationBarbara Baker 14:46
8. 8 The Dangers and Miseries of Literary EminenceBarbara Baker 14:00
9. 9 The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequality of Authors' WritingsBarbara Baker 13:27
10. 10 An Allegory on Wit and LearningBarbara Baker 12:25
11. 11 The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Depend upon his own JudgmentBill Boerst 9:36
12. 12 The Various Arts of Self-DelusionAvaille 14:11
13. 13 The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without OffendingAvaille 12:25
14. 14 The Proper Means of Regulating SorrowBill Boerst 11:55
15. 15 A Virtuous Old Age Always ReverencedBill Boerst 10:10
16. 16 The Desire of Wealth Moderated by PhilosophyBill Boerst 9:28
17. 17 The Dignity and Usefulness of BiographyPamela Nagami 12:49
18. 18 Inconstancy Always a WeaknessPamela Nagami 11:49
19. 19 The Requisites to True FriendshipAvaille 11:48
20. 20 The Garden of Hope - A DreamDenise Nordell 8:50
21. 21 Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to be DespisedJesse Zuba 9:37
22. 22 The Necessity of Good HumorAvaille 10:56
23. 23 The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve ContemptPamela Nagami 13:05
24. 24 The Reasons Why Advice is Generally IneffectualAvaille 11:35
25. 25 The Luxury of Vain ImaginationRoohi 11:21
26. 26 The Voyage of LifeRoohi 12:00
27. 27 Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well EmployedBarbara Baker 12:05
28. 28 The Advantages of Living in a GarretBarbara Baker 16:24
29. 29 Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of PerseveranceBarbara Baker 11:50
30. 30 The Necessity of Literary CourageBarbara Baker 11:46
31. 31 The Criterions of PlagiarismBarbara Baker 16:01
32. 32 The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing LifeAvaille 13:28
33. 33 The Revelations of a GarretBill Boerst 10:18
34. 34 Labour Necessary to ExcellenceBill Boerst 10:11
35. 35 Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical PerspicacityJesse Zuba 8:27
36. 36 Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed TogetherPamela Nagami 9:33
37. 37 The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of MenPamela Nagami 12:48
38. 38 Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth FallaciousJesse Zuba 8:24
39. 39 The Importance of PunctualityAvaille 10:33
40. 40 The Art of Living at the Cost of OthersJesse Zuba 9:24
41. 41 The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the StageJesse Zuba 10:11
42. 42 The Character of a LiarJesse Zuba 11:14
43. 43 The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the ReaderPamela Nagami 13:19
44. 44 To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of LettersBarbara Baker 15:14
45. 45 Unjust Charges of PlagiarismPamela Nagami 11:43
46. 46 Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural LifeMichele Fry 12:01
47. 47 That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our own EsteemBarbara Baker 13:41
48. 48 Our Present State one of Danger and InfelicityJ. McDougall 10:59
49. 49 On the Duty of Self-ExaminationPamela Nagami 13:27
50. 50 The Happiness and Vexation of AuthorsJesse Zuba 10:12
51. 51 The Idler's CharacterAnders V Lankford 8:56
52. 52 Invitation to CorrespondentsAnders V Lankford 7:01
53. 53 Robbery of TimeAnders V Lankford 6:10
54. 54 Uncertainty of FriendshipPamela Nagami 7:12
55. 55 Corruptions of News-WritersPamela Nagami 7:25
56. 56 Disguises of Idleness. Sober's CharacterPamela Nagami 8:32
57. 57 The Terrifick DictionPamela Nagami 10:01
58. 58 On the Death of a FriendPamela Nagami 8:33
59. 59 Monitions on the Flight of TimePhilippa 5:56
60. 60 Deborah Ginger's Account of City WitsPhilippa 7:37
61. 61 Minim the Critick I.Jesse Zuba 9:37
62. 62 Minim the Critick II.Jesse Zuba 6:56
63. 63 Dick Shifter's Rural ExcursionAnders V Lankford 8:57
64. 64 Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and MistyAnders V Lankford 8:10
65. 65 Biography, How Best PerformedAnders V Lankford 6:45
66. 66 Books Multiplied by Useless CompilationsRoohi 5:30
67. 67 What Have Ye Done?Roohi 5:24
68. 68 Omar's Plan of LifeRoohi 7:18
69. 69 The Itch of Writing UniversalBarbara Baker 13:13