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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He asks and answers questions about the golden rule . What if what the other fellow wishes you to do for him is unreasonable ? The answer is to examine yourself and make allowance only for those actions you approve of morally for ...
He asks and answers questions about the golden rule . What if what the other fellow wishes you to do for him is unreasonable ? The answer is to examine yourself and make allowance only for those actions you approve of morally for ...
Page 92
Horace asks Pollio not to abandon writing tragedy for the stage , but to put on the attic buskin again when he completes his history . Then Horace describes the noises he can hear already of mighty , begrimed captains shouting and of ...
Horace asks Pollio not to abandon writing tragedy for the stage , but to put on the attic buskin again when he completes his history . Then Horace describes the noises he can hear already of mighty , begrimed captains shouting and of ...
Page 124
124 . n Long summer vacations are the subject of Rambler In his letter to Albius Tibullus , Horace asks his young friend whether he is enjoying country life . " What are you doing ? " he asks . " Writing something great ?
124 . n Long summer vacations are the subject of Rambler In his letter to Albius Tibullus , Horace asks his young friend whether he is enjoying country life . " What are you doing ? " he asks . " Writing something great ?
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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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