Friday, September 18, 2009

For Credit: Lines 73 - 98 (Patronage and Preferment)

If you want to paraphrase 6 to 10 lines from the section of poem in which Johnson discusses patronage and perferment, post your paraphrase as a comment here.

Deadline: Monday (9/21) Wednesday (9/23), start of class.

1 comment:

Craig said...

Lines 73-78:

Those who wish to gain earthly fortune or fame will often seek some kind of special treatment, attempt to get some sort of leg up. However, this is a false path, and leads only to disgrace and failure. No matter where these false men go, and attempt their tricks they will be treated with contempt, and fail.