That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those, who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age refuses, and flatter themselves that the regard which is yet denied by envy, will be at last bestowed by time.

Samuel Johnson is best known today as the subject of the classic of biography, Boswell's Life of Johnson. But his living reputation rested on The Rambler, his interpretation of the then popular genre, the periodical essay series. The serious, even somber texture of The Rambler never achieved the popularity of other, lighter entries in the genre, but met with many admirers for its sense and style, and was widely reprinted in England, Scotland, and America. After the conclusion of the series, its reputation continued to grow, and The Rambler went through many editions, in many languages, during...

Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia is a story about happiness.

Samuel Johnson Works - Parliamentary Debates - Volume II by Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1825 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Le Paresseux est une serie de 103 essais ecrits par Samuel Johnson, a l'exception de 12 d'entre eux. Ils furent publies dans l'hebdomadaire londonien Universal Chronicle entre 1758 et 1760. La Chronicle semble avoir surtout servi de support a The Idler car cette publication n'eut qu'un numero avant le debut de la serie et s'interrompit avec elle."