Date of Award

11-1973

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Victor Hamm

Abstract

Sir Joshua Reynolds once asked him [Johnson] by what means he had once attained his extraordinary accuracy and flow of language. He told him that he had early laid it down as a fixed rule to do his est on every occasion, and in every company; to impart whatever he knew in the most. forcible language he could put it in; and that by constant practice, and never suffering any careless expressions to escape him or attempting to deliver his thoughts without arranging them in the clearest manner, it became habitual to him.

Comments

An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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