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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Johnson calls for sincere confession , sincere admission of error , and cites as examples the confessions of Caesar and Hippocrates , which he accepts as more credible than Ovid's admission that he can't stop loving .
Johnson calls for sincere confession , sincere admission of error , and cites as examples the confessions of Caesar and Hippocrates , which he accepts as more credible than Ovid's admission that he can't stop loving .
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Both Horace and Johnson bid the writer accept good criticism gracefully . The good critic is frank , as the motto suggests , because what the writer thinks trivial might really be serious enough to render him ridiculous in the eyes of ...
Both Horace and Johnson bid the writer accept good criticism gracefully . The good critic is frank , as the motto suggests , because what the writer thinks trivial might really be serious enough to render him ridiculous in the eyes of ...
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On the surface , both girls accept the criticisms gratefully . Deep down , each resents the other's criticism , and their friendship cools . The resentment caused by a friend's sincerity appears predictable and almost certain , Johnson ...
On the surface , both girls accept the criticisms gratefully . Deep down , each resents the other's criticism , and their friendship cools . The resentment caused by a friend's sincerity appears predictable and almost certain , Johnson ...
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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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