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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... generally mingled with such reflections upon life , as well deserve to be considered distinctly from the purposes for which they are produced , and to be treasured up as the settled conclusions of extensive observation ( cf. first ...
... generally mingled with such reflections upon life , as well deserve to be considered distinctly from the purposes for which they are produced , and to be treasured up as the settled conclusions of extensive observation ( cf. first ...
Page 138
... can be fully convicted of imitation , except there is a concurrence of more resemblances than can be imagined to have happened by chance . " Furthermore , as not every instance of similitude can be considered as proof of imitation ...
... can be fully convicted of imitation , except there is a concurrence of more resemblances than can be imagined to have happened by chance . " Furthermore , as not every instance of similitude can be considered as proof of imitation ...
Page 204
... that all is for the best in his review of Soame Jenyn's Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil ( 1757 ) . The Greek motto certainly describes what Johnson considered poverty to be , that is , downright R - 202-1 Rambler 202.
... that all is for the best in his review of Soame Jenyn's Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil ( 1757 ) . The Greek motto certainly describes what Johnson considered poverty to be , that is , downright R - 202-1 Rambler 202.
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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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