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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No one is esteemed unless Fortune is favorable to him , Fortune who at the time she thunders drives away whoever is near . When smiling fortune spreads her golden ray , All crowd around to flatter and obey ; But when she thunders from ...
No one is esteemed unless Fortune is favorable to him , Fortune who at the time she thunders drives away whoever is near . When smiling fortune spreads her golden ray , All crowd around to flatter and obey ; But when she thunders from ...
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Wisdom , which offers precepts from sacred books and is conqueror of fortune , is indeed great . We claim those are also happy who bear the tribulations of life and have learned by mastery of their life not to reject their own burden .
Wisdom , which offers precepts from sacred books and is conqueror of fortune , is indeed great . We claim those are also happy who bear the tribulations of life and have learned by mastery of their life not to reject their own burden .
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The passing hour flies on insecure wings , nor does fleeting Fortune keep faith with anyone . On fickle wings the minutes haste , And fortune's favours never last . F. Lewis . Toward the end of Seneca's play Hippolytus , there are ...
The passing hour flies on insecure wings , nor does fleeting Fortune keep faith with anyone . On fickle wings the minutes haste , And fortune's favours never last . F. Lewis . Toward the end of Seneca's play Hippolytus , there are ...
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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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