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Lädt ... The Supplicating Voice: The Spiritual Writings of Samuel Johnson (2005)von Samuel Johnson
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A unique one-volume selection of Samuel Johnson's writings on spiritual and moral topics provides an unusually inspiring portrait of the man and his thought. Most readers know Dr. Johnson (1709--1784) as the formidable compiler of his famous Dictionary and as the witty conversationalist portrayed in Boswell's Life. By contrast, this book-which draws on little-known unsigned sermons he wrote for hire for clergy friends, his private prayers and devotions, essays, poems, diaries, letters, and even key definitions from the Dictionary-offers a rare opportunity to discover Johnson's rich insight and consoling spirituality gathered in one place. Boswell observed that "He was a sincere and zealous ChristianÉ. He was steady and inflexible in maintaining the obligations of religion and morality; both from a regard for the order of society, and from a veneration for the Great Source of all order." This Vintage Spiritual Classics Original opens a window on the moral universe of the leading English writer of the eighteenth century. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)828.609Literature English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1745-1799Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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The sermons provide plenty of material for thought and reflection, particularly when read together with the prayers and diary extracts which show how far he felt he failed to live up to his ideals. The sermons also showcase his sonorous language, though I don't think the essays selected for this book show his use of language at its best. ( )