The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750)Johnson, Samuel
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The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750)
Johnson, Samuel
Essays; Poetry
11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717). (II, 4)
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph Wood
Krutch. (III, 4)
Third Year (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720). (IV, 1)
14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753). (V, 1)
15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_ (1712);
and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712). (VI, 1)
16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673). (V, 2)
17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear_
(1709). (Extra Series, 1)
18. Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_; and Thomas Brereton's
Preface to _Esther_. (IV, 2)
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SERIES IV: MEN, MANNERS, AND CRITICS
John Dryden, _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681)
Daniel Defoe (?), _Vindication of the Press_ (1718) _Critical Remarks on
Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela_ (1754)
SERIES V: DRAMA
Thomas Southerne, _Oroonoko_ (1696)
Mrs. Centlivre, _The Busie Body_ (1709)
Charles Johnson, _Caelia_ (1733)
Charles Macklin, _Man of the World_ (1781)
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Andre Dacier, _Essay on Lyric Poetry_
_Poems_ by Thomas Sprat
_Poems_ by the Earl of Dorset
Samuel Johnson, _Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749), and one of the 1750
_Rambler_ papers.
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Lewis Theobald, _Preface to Shakespeare's Works_ (1733)
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