Samuel JohnsonDespite his status as one of the founding fathers of modern English literature, few of Samuel Johnson's works are widely read today. This book suggests that his writings need to be appreciated in the context of contemporary debates over the role and status of literature within a rapidly expanding culture. |
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... happiness . With reference to the ' goods ' , we are informed that : With these celestial wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find . ( Vanity , 366–7 ) While Johnson's verse has been directed to the human mind ...
... happiness . With reference to the ' goods ' , we are informed that : With these celestial wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find . ( Vanity , 366–7 ) While Johnson's verse has been directed to the human mind ...
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... happiness is represented as alien to man's nature . Mankind will always be striving for something beyond what they already have , and the ultimate suffering derives from a situation in which there is nothing for which we can strive ...
... happiness is represented as alien to man's nature . Mankind will always be striving for something beyond what they already have , and the ultimate suffering derives from a situation in which there is nothing for which we can strive ...
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... happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay , or the banquets of the rich . The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets , and the villages , in the ...
... happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay , or the banquets of the rich . The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes the people are found in the streets , and the villages , in the ...
Contents
London and The Vanity of Human Wishes | 1 |
The Rambler and the Idler | 25 |
The Dictionary | 39 |
Copyright | |
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