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 stresses " the importance of keeping reason a constant guard over imagination . " Retrospect of conduct and self - examination are called for . " He therefore that would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his ...
He stresses " the importance of keeping reason a constant guard over imagination . " Retrospect of conduct and self - examination are called for . " He therefore that would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his ...
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... that on these occasions they often warn their readers against inquiries into futurity , and solicitude about events which lie hid in causes yet inactive , and which time has not brought forward into the active view of reason .
... that on these occasions they often warn their readers against inquiries into futurity , and solicitude about events which lie hid in causes yet inactive , and which time has not brought forward into the active view of reason .
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HOW void of reason are our hopes and fears ? Dryden . Johnson's attitude toward Stoicism is mixed . His ambivalence can be seen in Rambler 66 , which contains an attack on philosophers who , not content to control the excesses of human ...
HOW void of reason are our hopes and fears ? Dryden . Johnson's attitude toward Stoicism is mixed . His ambivalence can be seen in Rambler 66 , which contains an attack on philosophers who , not content to control the excesses of human ...
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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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