The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 4: The Adventurer; The Idler

Samuel Johnson

134 chapters · about 11 h

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No. 34. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1753.

ADVENTURER.

Has toties optata exegit gloria pænas. Juv. Sat. x. 187. Such fate pursues the votaries of praise.

TO THE ADVENTURER.

SIR,

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  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 7 places
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  • The closing line 'END OF VOL. IV.' (the printer's, not the author's)