Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer EssaysA helpful reference guide to the mottoes of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer periodical essays. The author provides the context for each motto Johnson selected and relates the context to the content of the essay to which the motto is affixed. Provides a unique insight into Johnson's way of thinking as as essayist in a specific and detailed fashion. An invaluable aid to students and scholars of Johnson and 18th-century studies in general. |
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... Epistles . Only rarely does a Johnsonian essay reflect much more of the Epistle from which it is quoted than the lines of the motto Itself and perhaps lines adjacent to it . Johnson picks his mottoes from their various contexts as self ...
... Epistles . Only rarely does a Johnsonian essay reflect much more of the Epistle from which it is quoted than the lines of the motto Itself and perhaps lines adjacent to it . Johnson picks his mottoes from their various contexts as self ...
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... Epistles I , 1 , 14-15 . Not obligated to swear by any master's orders , I turn in for refuge wherever the tempest drives me . Sworn to no master's arbitrary sway , I range where - e'er occasion points the way . Elphinston . At the ...
... Epistles I , 1 , 14-15 . Not obligated to swear by any master's orders , I turn in for refuge wherever the tempest drives me . Sworn to no master's arbitrary sway , I range where - e'er occasion points the way . Elphinston . At the ...
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... Epistles II , 2 , 61-62 . Three of my guests now appear to disagree . A wide diversity is required for a variety of ... epistle to Florus , complains of having been stripped as he grows older of all his plea- sures even in his writing ...
... Epistles II , 2 , 61-62 . Three of my guests now appear to disagree . A wide diversity is required for a variety of ... epistle to Florus , complains of having been stripped as he grows older of all his plea- sures even in his writing ...
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