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Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

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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 (13 hr 12 min)

Chapters

Bibliographical Introduction, part 1

38:22

Read by Barbara Baker

Biographical Introduction, part 2

35:50

Read by Barbara Baker

The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. …

16:23

Read by Barbara Baker

An Allegory on Criticism

12:14

Read by Barbara Baker

The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Charact…

15:06

Read by Barbara Baker

The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age

15:05

Read by Barbara Baker

The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation

14:46

Read by Barbara Baker

The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence

14:00

Read by Barbara Baker

The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequa…

13:27

Read by Barbara Baker

An Allegory on Wit and Learning

12:25

Read by Barbara Baker

The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Dep…

9:36

Read by Bill Boerst

The Various Arts of Self-Delusion

14:11

Read by Availle

The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending

12:25

Read by Availle

The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow

11:55

Read by Bill Boerst

A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced

10:10

Read by Bill Boerst

The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy

9:28

Read by Bill Boerst

The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography

12:49

Read by Pamela Nagami

Inconstancy Always a Weakness

11:49

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Requisites to True Friendship

11:48

Read by Availle

The Garden of Hope - A Dream

8:50

Read by Denise Nordell

Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to b…

9:37

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Necessity of Good Humor

10:56

Read by Availle

The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve Contempt

13:05

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Reasons Why Advice is Generally Ineffectual

11:35

Read by Availle

The Luxury of Vain Imagination

11:21

Read by Roohi

The Voyage of Life

12:00

Read by Roohi

Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well Employed

12:05

Read by Barbara Baker

The Advantages of Living in a Garret

16:24

Read by Barbara Baker

Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of Perseverance

11:50

Read by Barbara Baker

The Necessity of Literary Courage

11:46

Read by Barbara Baker

The Criterions of Plagiarism

16:01

Read by Barbara Baker

The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life

13:28

Read by Availle

The Revelations of a Garret

10:18

Read by Bill Boerst

Labour Necessary to Excellence

10:11

Read by Bill Boerst

Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Per…

8:27

Read by Jesse Zuba

Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed Together

9:33

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating ou…

12:48

Read by Pamela Nagami

Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth Fallacious

8:24

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Importance of Punctuality

10:33

Read by Availle

The Art of Living at the Cost of Others

9:24

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the Stage

10:11

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Character of a Liar

11:14

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the Reader

13:19

Read by Pamela Nagami

To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters

15:14

Read by Barbara Baker

Unjust Charges of Plagiarism

11:43

Read by Pamela Nagami

Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural Life

12:01

Read by Michele Fry

That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our…

13:41

Read by Barbara Baker

Our Present State one of Danger and Infelicity

10:59

Read by J. McDougall

On the Duty of Self-Examination

13:27

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Happiness and Vexation of Authors

10:12

Read by Jesse Zuba

The Idler's Character

8:56

Read by Anders V Lankford

Invitation to Correspondents

7:01

Read by Anders V Lankford

Robbery of Time

6:10

Read by Anders V Lankford

Uncertainty of Friendship

7:12

Read by Pamela Nagami

Corruptions of News-Writers

7:25

Read by Pamela Nagami

Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character

8:32

Read by Pamela Nagami

The Terrifick Diction

10:01

Read by Pamela Nagami

On the Death of a Friend

8:33

Read by Pamela Nagami

Monitions on the Flight of Time

5:56

Read by Philippa

Deborah Ginger's Account of City Wits

7:37

Read by Philippa

Minim the Critick I.

9:37

Read by Jesse Zuba

Minim the Critick II.

6:56

Read by Jesse Zuba

Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion

8:57

Read by Anders V Lankford

Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty

8:10

Read by Anders V Lankford

Biography, How Best Performed

6:45

Read by Anders V Lankford

Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations

5:30

Read by Roohi

What Have Ye Done?

5:24

Read by Roohi

Omar's Plan of Life

7:18

Read by Roohi

The Itch of Writing Universal

13:13

Read by Barbara Baker

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