Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The Adventurer and The Idler are included, covering a vast range of topics. - Summary by Carolin (13 hr 12 min)
Chapters
The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. …
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Read by Barbara Baker
The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Charact…
15:06
Read by Barbara Baker
The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequa…
13:27
Read by Barbara Baker
The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Dep…
9:36
Read by Bill Boerst
Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to b…
9:37
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The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life
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Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Per…
8:27
Read by Jesse Zuba
The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating ou…
12:48
Read by Pamela Nagami
To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters
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Read by Barbara Baker
That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our…
13:41
Read by Barbara Baker
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