Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson


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(4.3 étoiles; 8 critiques)

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)

Chapitres

Bibliographical Introduction, part 1 38:22 Lu par Barbara Baker
Biographical Introduction, part 2 35:50 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. … 16:23 Lu par Barbara Baker
An Allegory on Criticism 12:14 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Charact… 15:06 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age 15:05 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation 14:46 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence 14:00 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequa… 13:27 Lu par Barbara Baker
An Allegory on Wit and Learning 12:25 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Dep… 9:36 Lu par Bill Boerst
The Various Arts of Self-Delusion 14:11 Lu par Availle
The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending 12:25 Lu par Availle
The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow 11:55 Lu par Bill Boerst
A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced 10:10 Lu par Bill Boerst
The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy 9:28 Lu par Bill Boerst
The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography 12:49 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Inconstancy Always a Weakness 11:49 Lu par Pamela Nagami
The Requisites to True Friendship 11:48 Lu par Availle
The Garden of Hope - A Dream 8:50 Lu par Denise Nordell
Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to b… 9:37 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Necessity of Good Humor 10:56 Lu par Availle
The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve Contempt 13:05 Lu par Pamela Nagami
The Reasons Why Advice is Generally Ineffectual 11:35 Lu par Availle
The Luxury of Vain Imagination 11:21 Lu par Roohi
The Voyage of Life 12:00 Lu par Roohi
Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well Employed 12:05 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Advantages of Living in a Garret 16:24 Lu par Barbara Baker
Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of Perseverance 11:50 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Necessity of Literary Courage 11:46 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Criterions of Plagiarism 16:01 Lu par Barbara Baker
The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life 13:28 Lu par Availle
The Revelations of a Garret 10:18 Lu par Bill Boerst
Labour Necessary to Excellence 10:11 Lu par Bill Boerst
Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Per… 8:27 Lu par Jesse Zuba
Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed Together 9:33 Lu par Pamela Nagami
The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating ou… 12:48 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth Fallacious 8:24 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Importance of Punctuality 10:33 Lu par Availle
The Art of Living at the Cost of Others 9:24 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the Stage 10:11 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Character of a Liar 11:14 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the Reader 13:19 Lu par Pamela Nagami
To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters 15:14 Lu par Barbara Baker
Unjust Charges of Plagiarism 11:43 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural Life 12:01 Lu par Michele Fry
That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our… 13:41 Lu par Barbara Baker
Our Present State one of Danger and Infelicity 10:59 Lu par J. McDougall
On the Duty of Self-Examination 13:27 Lu par Pamela Nagami
The Happiness and Vexation of Authors 10:12 Lu par Jesse Zuba
The Idler's Character 8:56 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Invitation to Correspondents 7:01 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Robbery of Time 6:10 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Uncertainty of Friendship 7:12 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Corruptions of News-Writers 7:25 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character 8:32 Lu par Pamela Nagami
The Terrifick Diction 10:01 Lu par Pamela Nagami
On the Death of a Friend 8:33 Lu par Pamela Nagami
Monitions on the Flight of Time 5:56 Lu par Philippa
Deborah Ginger's Account of City Wits 7:37 Lu par Philippa
Minim the Critick I. 9:37 Lu par Jesse Zuba
Minim the Critick II. 6:56 Lu par Jesse Zuba
Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion 8:57 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty 8:10 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Biography, How Best Performed 6:45 Lu par Anders V Lankford
Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations 5:30 Lu par Roohi
What Have Ye Done? 5:24 Lu par Roohi
Omar's Plan of Life 7:18 Lu par Roohi
The Itch of Writing Universal 13:13 Lu par Barbara Baker

Critiques

not just about Johnson


(5 étoiles)

actually by Samuel Johnson

great crew of readers


(4.5 étoiles)

He is at his best when he is sardonic, which is often.