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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... tells the young man that he isn't fooling his monitor , comes next . The monitor then tells him he should be ashamed to live like fat , degenerate Latta , who has no sense of right and wrong . Johnson's essay discusses two vices , one ...
... tells the young man that he isn't fooling his monitor , comes next . The monitor then tells him he should be ashamed to live like fat , degenerate Latta , who has no sense of right and wrong . Johnson's essay discusses two vices , one ...
Page 100
... tells of contemplating the idea of a universal regis- ter , " an office in which every man may lodge an account of his superfluities and wants , of whatever he desires to purchase or sell . " Ironically , he pictures such an office as ...
... tells of contemplating the idea of a universal regis- ter , " an office in which every man may lodge an account of his superfluities and wants , of whatever he desires to purchase or sell . " Ironically , he pictures such an office as ...
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... tells him that adultery is established prac- tice in Rome and warns him against getting married . He goes on to suggest hanging or jumping from a bridge as alternatives for a friend who once was sane . He continues the poem with a ...
... tells him that adultery is established prac- tice in Rome and warns him against getting married . He goes on to suggest hanging or jumping from a bridge as alternatives for a friend who once was sane . He continues the poem with a ...
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