Rambler
Rambler,a twice-weekly periodical in 208 numbers issued by Dr Johnson from 20 Mar. 1750 to 14 Mar. 1752 .
The contents are essays on all kinds of subjects, character studies, allegories, Eastern fables, criticisms, etc., and were, with the exception of five, written by Johnson himself. The moral seriousness of his enterprise is indicated by the fact that he wrote a prayer on beginning the work, and in the last paper he claimed never to have exploited ‘the topic of the day’. The other contributors were Richardson , E. Carter , Mrs Chapone , and Catherine Talbot ( 1720 – 70 ). Despite initial protests against its ‘solemn’ tone, the Rambler was pirated and imitated, and went through ten numbered reprintings in Johnson's lifetime.
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