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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... appear to have been erroneous . The differences between Johnson's text , based on the Yale edition of his works , and a ... appears , then , from most of Boswell's testimony , that Johnson seldom turned back to write the same work over ...
... appear to have been erroneous . The differences between Johnson's text , based on the Yale edition of his works , and a ... appears , then , from most of Boswell's testimony , that Johnson seldom turned back to write the same work over ...
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... appears to be more random and discursive than it really is . The casual tone of the work may reflect Horace's desire to escape from pedantry and overt didacticism . It appears to have been intended as xvii.
... appears to be more random and discursive than it really is . The casual tone of the work may reflect Horace's desire to escape from pedantry and overt didacticism . It appears to have been intended as xvii.
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... appears gloomy , even the honest , industrious ones : What can merit effect by its own force , when the help of art or friendship can scarcely support it ? The essay ends in such pessimistic questions , not char- acteristic of the ...
... appears gloomy , even the honest , industrious ones : What can merit effect by its own force , when the help of art or friendship can scarcely support it ? The essay ends in such pessimistic questions , not char- acteristic of the ...
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