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An edition of The rambler: in four volumes. (1750)

The rambler

in four volumes.

Harrison's edition.

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The Rambler was a British essay periodical edited and principally written by Samuel Johnson. A total of 208 issues were published from 1750-1752, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Essay periodicals were a lot like 21st century blogs, in that each issue was written by a single person, on whatever topic struck his/her fancy. The Rambler was more serious than some other essay periodicals, and was not a great commercial success on first publication. It discussed various subjects including morality, literature, society, politics, and religion.

The Rambler has been reprinted many times, because it represents the finest writing of one of the greatest 18th century English prose stylists. Samuel Johnson is more often quoted than any other English author except Shakespeare.

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Language
English
Pages
463

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Subjects
essay, essays, periodicals, morality, literature, English literature, politics, religion, society, Criticism, Social life and customs
People
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Places
England, London
Times
1750-1752, 18th century

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The rambler.
1953, Dent, Dutton
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The Rambler
1806, Printed for Bell & Bradfute
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The rambler.
1801, For J. Johnson, ... [et.al.]
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The Rambler.: Cooke's [pocket] ed.
1800, Printed by J. Wright for C. Cooke
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The rambler: in four volumes.
1785, Printed for Harrison and Co. ...
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The Rambler. ...
1751, printed by Sands, Murray , and Cochran. Sold by W . Gordon, C. Wright, J . Yair, and the other booksellers
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Added engr. t.p.: "Harrison's British classicks', vol. I, containing Dr. Johnson's Rambler, and Lord Lyttelton's Persian letters."

"Letters from a Persian in England to his friend in Ispahan / by George Lord Lyttelton ..." ([iii]-iv, 79 p. at end) has special t.p.

The Rambler was published semi-weekly from March 20, 1750 to March 14, 1752. Of the 208 numbers all except a few were by Samuel Johnson. Cf. Courtney, Bibl. of Johnson.

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4 v. (vii, [2], 4-463, [1], [iii]-iv, 79, [1] p.) in 1 :
Number of pages
463

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OL19788987M

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