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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Page 55
In Rambler 61 Johnson has a suitable motto from Horace to describe the conceited Mr. Frolick , who comes back home from London and puts on airs before the country folk . In his epistle to Quinctius , Horace asks who can be considered a ...
In Rambler 61 Johnson has a suitable motto from Horace to describe the conceited Mr. Frolick , who comes back home from London and puts on airs before the country folk . In his epistle to Quinctius , Horace asks who can be considered a ...
Page 138
Arrived in London , the uncle immediately comes to life . Uncle and Aunt discuss such over - riding questions as how their nephew might be " most advantageously dressed " for his first appearance in society , and " most expeditiously ...
Arrived in London , the uncle immediately comes to life . Uncle and Aunt discuss such over - riding questions as how their nephew might be " most advantageously dressed " for his first appearance in society , and " most expeditiously ...
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Johnson chooses it for beginning a discussion of the numerous shops and industries in the vast area of London , and of the multitude of human beings earning a living . Johnson appreciates the convenience of life in such an industrious ...
Johnson chooses it for beginning a discussion of the numerous shops and industries in the vast area of London , and of the multitude of human beings earning a living . Johnson appreciates the convenience of life in such an industrious ...
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| Title | Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer Essays |
| Author | Robert C. Olson |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0819142352, 9780819142351 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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