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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Ramblers 26 and 27 are devoted to a long story , addressed to Mr. Rambler in letter form under the pseudonym Eubulus , which suggests that his letter offers good advice . Eubulus tells his own sad story , of how his own presumption and ...
Ramblers 26 and 27 are devoted to a long story , addressed to Mr. Rambler in letter form under the pseudonym Eubulus , which suggests that his letter offers good advice . Eubulus tells his own sad story , of how his own presumption and ...
Page 116
The two essays are the story of the ridiculous attempts of the young man to be somebody . He was reared in the country but did not care for hunting and other country sports . He listened eagerly to his mother's stories of banquets at ...
The two essays are the story of the ridiculous attempts of the young man to be somebody . He was reared in the country but did not care for hunting and other country sports . He listened eagerly to his mother's stories of banquets at ...
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Rambler 182 tells the story of Leviculus , who neither poisons nor stabs anyone , but who , in search of gold , wastes thirty years courting a succession of women , all of whom reject him . His merchant - master's daughter dies before ...
Rambler 182 tells the story of Leviculus , who neither poisons nor stabs anyone , but who , in search of gold , wastes thirty years courting a succession of women , all of whom reject him . His merchant - master's daughter dies before ...
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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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