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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In 146 his essay on the futility of fame goes beyond Martial's wry prediction that only two or three book buyers will examine his latest book of poems . In 166 , he tries to encourage recognition of merit among the poor in contrast to ...
In 146 his essay on the futility of fame goes beyond Martial's wry prediction that only two or three book buyers will examine his latest book of poems . In 166 , he tries to encourage recognition of merit among the poor in contrast to ...
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Martial , x , 47.12 wish to be what you are , and prefer nothing else . Chuse what you are : no other state prefer . Elphinston . In his Rambler essays , Samuel Johnson frequently examined in some detail ancient precepts usually taken ...
Martial , x , 47.12 wish to be what you are , and prefer nothing else . Chuse what you are : no other state prefer . Elphinston . In his Rambler essays , Samuel Johnson frequently examined in some detail ancient precepts usually taken ...
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Martial XI , 1 , 13-16 . 1 There are two or three who may unroll the wormy scrolls of my absurdities , but only when they finish betting and telling stale stories about Scorpus and Incitatus . ' Tis possible that one or two These ...
Martial XI , 1 , 13-16 . 1 There are two or three who may unroll the wormy scrolls of my absurdities , but only when they finish betting and telling stale stories about Scorpus and Incitatus . ' Tis possible that one or two These ...
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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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