{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Paris Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog","author_name":"Peter Martin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/pmartin\/","title":"Escaping Samuel Johnson by Peter Martin","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gVO3aquVEI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/escaping-samuel-johnson\/\">Escaping Samuel Johnson<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/30\/escaping-samuel-johnson\/embed\/#?secret=gVO3aquVEI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Escaping Samuel Johnson&#8221; &#8212; The Paris Review\" data-secret=\"gVO3aquVEI\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"May 30, 2019 \u2013 In the early days of its independence, America had trouble developing an intellectual identity of its own. Johnson\u2019s massively influential dictionary played no small part in this dilemma.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/samuel_johnson_by_joshua_reynolds_2.jpg","thumbnail_width":1000,"thumbnail_height":750}