Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson , Stuart Johnson Reid
69 chapters · 13 h 22 min · English
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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
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1 Bibliographical Introduction, part 1 38 min 2 Biographical Introduction, part 2 36 min 3 The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. Their Hopes Liable to Disappointment 16 min 4 An Allegory on Criticism 12 min 5 The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Characters Morally Good 15 min 6 The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age 15 min 7 The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation 15 min 8 The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence 14 min 9 The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequality of Authors' Writings 13 min 10 An Allegory on Wit and Learning 12 min 11 The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Depend upon his own Judgment 10 min 12 The Various Arts of Self-Delusion 14 min 13 The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending 12 min 14 The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow 12 min 15 A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced 10 min 16 The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy 9 min 17 The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography 13 min 18 Inconstancy Always a Weakness 12 min 19 The Requisites to True Friendship 12 min 20 The Garden of Hope - A Dream 9 min 21 Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to be Despised 10 min 22 The Necessity of Good Humor 11 min 23 The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve Contempt 13 min 24 The Reasons Why Advice is Generally Ineffectual 12 min 25 The Luxury of Vain Imagination 11 min 26 The Voyage of Life 12 min 27 Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well Employed 12 min 28 The Advantages of Living in a Garret 16 min 29 Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of Perseverance 12 min 30 The Necessity of Literary Courage 12 min 31 The Criterions of Plagiarism 16 min 32 The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life 13 min 33 The Revelations of a Garret 10 min 34 Labour Necessary to Excellence 10 min 35 Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Perspicacity 8 min 36 Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed Together 10 min 37 The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of Men 13 min 38 Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth Fallacious 8 min 39 The Importance of Punctuality 11 min 40 The Art of Living at the Cost of Others 9 min 41 The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the Stage 10 min 42 The Character of a Liar 11 min 43 The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the Reader 13 min 44 To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters 15 min 45 Unjust Charges of Plagiarism 12 min 46 Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural Life 12 min 47 That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our own Esteem 14 min 48 Our Present State one of Danger and Infelicity 11 min 49 On the Duty of Self-Examination 13 min 50 The Happiness and Vexation of Authors 10 min 51 The Idler's Character 9 min 52 Invitation to Correspondents 7 min 53 Robbery of Time 6 min 54 Uncertainty of Friendship 7 min 55 Corruptions of News-Writers 7 min 56 Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character 9 min 57 The Terrifick Diction 10 min 58 On the Death of a Friend 9 min 59 Monitions on the Flight of Time 6 min 60 Deborah Ginger's Account of City Wits 8 min 61 Minim the Critick I 10 min 62 Minim the Critick II 7 min 63 Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion 9 min 64 Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty 8 min 65 Biography, How Best Performed 7 min 66 Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations 6 min 67 What Have Ye Done? 5 min 68 Omar's Plan of Life 7 min 69 The Itch of Writing Universal 13 min
