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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abject flattery the Roman emperor Domitian courted and received ( Satire IV , 70-71 ) . Johnson generalizes upon the subject of flattery in terms unmistakably related to what he had been reading . On the other hand , Rambler 50 takes ...
abject flattery the Roman emperor Domitian courted and received ( Satire IV , 70-71 ) . Johnson generalizes upon the subject of flattery in terms unmistakably related to what he had been reading . On the other hand , Rambler 50 takes ...
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The whole of Juvenal's Satire XIV condemns parents for setting bad examples for their children . The gambler , the glutton , the sadist who flogs and brands slaves for pleasure , the licentious mother with many lovers , and especially ...
The whole of Juvenal's Satire XIV condemns parents for setting bad examples for their children . The gambler , the glutton , the sadist who flogs and brands slaves for pleasure , the licentious mother with many lovers , and especially ...
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The motto is from Juvenal's Satire IV , which attacks Crispinus , who bought a mullet for six thousand sesterces , enough to have bought the fisherman himself , or a good plot of land in Apulia . The scene then shifts to Domitian's ...
The motto is from Juvenal's Satire IV , which attacks Crispinus , who bought a mullet for six thousand sesterces , enough to have bought the fisherman himself , or a good plot of land in Apulia . The scene then shifts to Domitian's ...
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