The Rambler

The harvest is rich, that we may be the kinder.

Read The Rambler, Numb. 1. Tuesday, March 20, 1750, by Samuel Johnson.

Received as a Christmas gift from “The Children” in 2015: The Rambler. In Four Volumes. The Tenth Edition. London: Printed for S. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, B. Collins, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, T. Carnan, J. Robson, G. Robinson, T. Lowndes, T. Cadell, W. Cater, H. Baldwin, T. Newbury, J. Knox, J. Bew, J. Nichols, W. Goldsmith, J. Murray, T. Evans, W. Fox, and J. Macqueen. 1784.

. . . It is one among many reasons for which I purpose to endeavour the entertainment of my countrymen by a short essay on Tuesday and Saturday, that I hope not much to tire those whom I shall not happen to please; and if I am not commended for the beauty of my works, to be at least pardoned for their brevity. . . .

September 8, 2023.

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