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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As noted previously , Johnson was drawn to Horatian odes which warn of the imminence of death , for he takes several mottoes from the Odes which warn of the short time allotted to man in this life ( Ramblers 29 , 49 , 54 , 55 , 118 ...
As noted previously , Johnson was drawn to Horatian odes which warn of the imminence of death , for he takes several mottoes from the Odes which warn of the short time allotted to man in this life ( Ramblers 29 , 49 , 54 , 55 , 118 ...
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Be warned : learn justice . ... tells him that Phlegyas , who set fire to the temple of Apollo at Delphi , and for that reason is an inhabitant of Tartarus , warns whoever can hear him to learn to be just and not to offend the gods .
Be warned : learn justice . ... tells him that Phlegyas , who set fire to the temple of Apollo at Delphi , and for that reason is an inhabitant of Tartarus , warns whoever can hear him to learn to be just and not to offend the gods .
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Johnson accepts Horace's unflattering picture of the plagiarist as a crow wearing the plumage of more colorful birds , but uses most of his essay to warn against hasty judgment . It is easy to accuse falsely those who work from a body ...
Johnson accepts Horace's unflattering picture of the plagiarist as a crow wearing the plumage of more colorful birds , but uses most of his essay to warn against hasty judgment . It is easy to accuse falsely those who work from a body ...
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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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