Irene is useful for anyone who's considering the issue of gender in Johnson's writings. It's not a barrel of laughs - only played for a handful of nights at...
On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:00:52 -0000, shandydidnotlast <johnsoniana@...> ... I think it depends on how you define "easy": it can be found in the Yale works,...
Well,quite frankly,speaking only for myself, I will go to my grave (possibly by force) believing that James Stewart was in fact very possibly the best screen ...
A bibliophile friend from London just sent me a copy of Johnsonians and Boswellians, D.Nichol Smith's Presidential Address that he read before the Johnson...
Is this still active? Anyone reading it? I'd rather not be reading it for the 4th time if participation is nil... A pulse, please? (We should be up to chapter...
Frank, I wonder if many of the readers are waiting until they finish reading all of Rasselas before posting their views to the group? Still reading, Jerry...
I'm still reading, but since moving house my home access has been spotty and it's too hard to post from work, as I'm doing 4 things at once and you guys are...
In answer to Frank's msg, I am disappointed that Frank hasn't given us an opinion on each chapter or two as we go along. I don't see why we are doing this...
A very good, and perhaps livelier, comparison of Johnson and Boswell's writing (and points of view) would be their respective accounts of the trip to Scotland....
I entirely agree. Having only within the last couple of years read R.W. Chapman's two-volume edition of the Journey to the Western Island and the Tour to the...
Reading Boswell and Johnson in tandem may be a good idea, but at the time when Rasselas was proposed as a book for our mini reading group no one seemed to...
Funny you should mention the Chapman edition: I just picked up a used copy of it for $9 on Sunday; till then my only paired copy has been the Penguin edition. ...
<<I know Johnson relied heavily on his letters to Hester Thrale when writing his _Journey_, yet I've often wanted to compare them... >> This could also include...
... suggested format set for discussion about every 10 chapters. ... chapters is that the book seems to be generally reinforcement of a central idea rather...
I apologize if there's duplication on this, it seems a prior post didn't go through. I think there's a lot to recommend reading J & B on the Tour concurrently,...
The idea of reading J & B on Scotland concurrently has a lot to recommend it, yet I can't help but wonder if we shouldn't start with something smaller. For...
Dancing and Dungheaps in Gough Square - Saturday 24th July Times: House open from 11am to 5.30pm. Performances at 11.30; 2pm; and 3.30pm. The Morris dancing...
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I have a question concerning item 644 of the auction catalogue of Johnson's library. Item 644: "13 of Dr. Johnson''s Dictionary with Mss." The marginalia...
Jerry, George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) American lawyer, diplomat, and philologist; member of U.S. House of Representatives (1843-1849); U.S. Minister to...
Ed, Thanks. Your Marsh, George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), may have been born too late; the auction of SJ's Library was conducted in 1785. I thought it might...
I received the following email and thought that it would be of interest to the group. Ed Schaeffer visit www.jamesboswell.com Sir I recently discovered your...
Gabriel Austin, a close friend of the late Donald and Mary (Viscountess Eccles) Hyde, of Four Oaks Farm who donated their private, priceless collection of...
... Margaret Boswell Elliot (Chief of the Elliot Clan) is very much concerned about it and with her cousin, Leila Hadley Luce, a direct descendent of Boswell...
The following quote from Johnson appeared in a college Government textbook: "I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than...
Was there a quiz last week in the UK that included a Johnson quotation, "This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive"? My site's search engine was hit over...
Ah, you've been met by stony silence, perhaps because of August vacation schedules. So I'll go first. 1. I think it was an editorial comment from the writers. ...
"A heap of rubbish, in a very vulgar style" a dramatised talk by Karin Fernald Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd September Hester Thrale met Dr Johnson in 1765...
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"A heap of rubbish, in a very vulgar style" a dramatised talk by Karin Fernald Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd September Hester Thrale met Dr Johnson in 1765...
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How does the Johnson House Museum observe his birthday? It's a Saturday this year -- ? And when will we be able to order t-shirts? (Imagine how many people ...
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