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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Oracles do not provide me with certainty , but death does . Let those weak minds , who live in doubt and fear , To juggling priests for oracles repair ; One certain hour of death to each decreed , My fixt , my certain soul from doubt ...
Oracles do not provide me with certainty , but death does . Let those weak minds , who live in doubt and fear , To juggling priests for oracles repair ; One certain hour of death to each decreed , My fixt , my certain soul from doubt ...
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A man facing old age and death can act thoughtlessly . In Ode II , 18 , Horace addresses a greedy landlord and berates him for confiscating poor men's land and contracting to build a huge marble palace at a time when he should be ...
A man facing old age and death can act thoughtlessly . In Ode II , 18 , Horace addresses a greedy landlord and berates him for confiscating poor men's land and contracting to build a huge marble palace at a time when he should be ...
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Death alone reveals how small the little bodies of men are . Death only this mysterious truth unfolds , The mighty soul how small a body holds . Dryden . Not many topics can better illustrate the vanity of human wishes than the fall ...
Death alone reveals how small the little bodies of men are . Death only this mysterious truth unfolds , The mighty soul how small a body holds . Dryden . Not many topics can better illustrate the vanity of human wishes than the fall ...
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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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