Authority Cited: [Johnson, Samuel] Savage’s Life, London; Rambler, Irene; Vanity of Human Wishes; Johnson; Comment.[ary] on Pope’s Essay on Man
Author name and dates: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) See Self-Quotations and Anonymous Quotations in Johnson's Dictionary, W.K. Wimsatt, M.H. Wimsatt, ELH, Vol.15, No. 1, March 1948, Johns Hopkins University Press (also in JSTOR). See also Self-Quotations in Johnson's "Dictionary," W.R. Keast, N&Q, Sept. 1955, pp.392-393 and Another Self-Quotation in Johnson's "Dictionary," W.R. Keast, N&Q, June 1956, p.362. (Thanks to R. DeMaria for pointing out the Keast references.) The citations below were identified by Wimsatt except as noted. The text of the following titles can be found in the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson: Commentary, vol. 17; Rambler, vols. 3-5, Life of Savage, vol. 22; Drury Lane Prologue, Irene, London, Vanity of Human Wishes, An Ode, and To Miss ____ on Her Playing...., vol.6. One possible new SJ citation for pantomime is identified in bold below. See the Anon. page for sources of other Anonymous citations.
Author name and dates: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) See Self-Quotations and Anonymous Quotations in Johnson's Dictionary, W.K. Wimsatt, M.H. Wimsatt, ELH, Vol.15, No. 1, March 1948, Johns Hopkins University Press (also in JSTOR). See also Self-Quotations in Johnson's "Dictionary," W.R. Keast, N&Q, Sept. 1955, pp.392-393 and Another Self-Quotation in Johnson's "Dictionary," W.R. Keast, N&Q, June 1956, p.362. (Thanks to R. DeMaria for pointing out the Keast references.) The citations below were identified by Wimsatt except as noted. The text of the following titles can be found in the Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson: Commentary, vol. 17; Rambler, vols. 3-5, Life of Savage, vol. 22; Drury Lane Prologue, Irene, London, Vanity of Human Wishes, An Ode, and To Miss ____ on Her Playing...., vol.6. One possible new SJ citation for pantomime is identified in bold below. See the Anon. page for sources of other Anonymous citations.
- Comment.[ary] on Pope’s Ess.[ay] on Man (SJ trans.); consoler (not identified by Wimsatt, identified by Keast; incorrectly attributed to Warburton in the Abstracted Dict. editions.)
- [Drury Lane Prologue]; "Anonymous" citations identified by Wimsatt as from this title: pimp; scenick. "Anonymous" citation from this title not identified by Wimsatt or Keast: pantomime (the quote is not included in the 1773 Dict.)
- Irene; disjoint (2); follow (2); from (3); idler; important; imposture; intimidate; obscurely; penitence; polish; proverbial; spare; stagnant; stormy; sultaness; vacant. "Anonymous" citations identified by Wimsatt as from the Prologue to Irene: enoble; prejudice.
- London; dissipate; elegant. "Anonymous" citations identified by Wimsatt as from this title: mimick; prowl; rest; terrour; truth.
- Rambler; expiration; faint; ground; instillation; medicate; virility. "Anonymous" citation identified by Wimsatt as from this title: placability. "Anonymous" citation from this title not identified by Wimsatt, identified by Keast: poison (the quote is not included in the 1773 Dict.)
- Savage’s Life; dissipate
- [(Spring) An Ode]; "Anonymous" citation identified by Wimsatt as from this title: vegetation.
- [To Miss _____ on Her Playing on the Harpsicord, in a Room Hung with some Flower-Pieces of Her Own Painting]; modulate (per Wimsatt); strife (not in 1773 or subsequent Dict. editions. Cited as Johnson in 1755 Dict.; incorrectly cited as B. Johnson or Ben. Johnson in Abstracted Dict. editions. Not identified by Wimsatt, identified by Keast. Keast also says that the 3rd Dict. edition cites B. Johnson.) [BKG Note: strife perhaps quoted from memory: "gives" rather than "makes" in Yale Vol. VI, p.78, text]
- Vanity of Human Wishes (Johnson); dog; just (the quote is not included in the 1773 Dict.); lacerate; lord; march; relax; transmute; unconquered (the quote is not included in the 1773 Dict.). "Anonymous" citations identified by Wimsatt as from this title: luxurious; peace; private; septennial.
- Johnson, S. (no work cited);
