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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Such authors " transmit " rather than " examine " a cliché . n Such a beginning may lead the reader to expect Johnson to spend the rest of his essay insisting on the necessity of looking ahead . And he does point out that man seems ...
Such authors " transmit " rather than " examine " a cliché . n Such a beginning may lead the reader to expect Johnson to spend the rest of his essay insisting on the necessity of looking ahead . And he does point out that man seems ...
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From one who had written the lines quoted above from The Vanity of Human Wishes on the querulousness of old age , one might well expect a negative response to the notion that age in itself confers venerability .
From one who had written the lines quoted above from The Vanity of Human Wishes on the querulousness of old age , one might well expect a negative response to the notion that age in itself confers venerability .
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No one who is moderate expects that he should be sent what Seneca , good Piso , or Cotta were accustomed to lavishing on their friends , for in the good old days , the glory of giving was held to be greater than titles or fasces .
No one who is moderate expects that he should be sent what Seneca , good Piso , or Cotta were accustomed to lavishing on their friends , for in the good old days , the glory of giving was held to be greater than titles or fasces .
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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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