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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Page 159
It says to young men eager to shine in social conversation that they had better not think that what they are saying is so all - fired important . If they put one social occasion in perspective with all that is happening in the world ...
It says to young men eager to shine in social conversation that they had better not think that what they are saying is so all - fired important . If they put one social occasion in perspective with all that is happening in the world ...
Page 168
He therefore proposes to rude scholars Social conduct based on common sense and courtesy . It is possible , he thinks , to " descend with dignity . " Johnson adapts advice Horace gave to creative writers aspiring to be poets and applies ...
He therefore proposes to rude scholars Social conduct based on common sense and courtesy . It is possible , he thinks , to " descend with dignity . " Johnson adapts advice Horace gave to creative writers aspiring to be poets and applies ...
Page 181
It is a base , detestable vice , " inconsistent with the character of a social being . " It is " mere unmixed and genuine evil . " The motto from Lucan does not specify envy as the likely cause of discord between great rivals .
It is a base , detestable vice , " inconsistent with the character of a social being . " It is " mere unmixed and genuine evil . " The motto from Lucan does not specify envy as the likely cause of discord between great rivals .
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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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