Blogs about: Dr Johnson
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(Isaac) Disraeli, patronos e Mickle
Em uma nota de rodapé de The presence of Camões, George Monteiro menciona que Melville destacou, com uma linha vertical na margem direita, um trecho do livro Curiosities of Literature, de Isaac Disrae… more →
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Republicanism and Misogyny
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wrote 1 week ago: From Dr Johnson’s life of Milton: Milton’s republicanism was, I am afraid, founded in an … more →
The other Dr Johnson (rolling down a Lincolnshire hill).
wrote 1 week ago: Yet, if anything, Johnson was a truly twenty-first-century man in his adoption of fast days and vege … more →
"But for the most part he works as hard as possible to reproduce the tone and manner"
wrote 2 weeks ago: “But for the most part, he works as hard as possible to reproduce the tone and manner, and the … more →
"It is interesting to compare Boswell’s journal account of the first meeting of writer and subject with what he wrote in his biography"
wrote 2 weeks ago: “It is interesting to compare Boswell’s journal account of the first meeting of writer and sub … more →
"Boswell was the first biographer to set all this upon a system"
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Boswell was the first biographer to set all this upon a system. Instead of writing a book of … more →
"On the same day as he recorded these noble thoughts Boswell also wrote up a recent conversation"
wrote 3 weeks ago: “On the same day as he recorded these noble thoughts, Boswell also wrote up a recent conversat … more →
"The 22-year-old was horrified and impressed by the 53-year-old. 'Mr Johnson is a man of a most dreadful appearance'"
wrote 3 weeks ago: “”The 22-year-old was horrified and impressed by the 53-year-old. “Mr Johnson is a man o … more →
Fast, Feast, Repeat
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wrote 3 weeks ago: When I think of fasting, I think of fatigue, irritability, cravings, and hunger. When I think of fea … more →
Playing Cards: Dr Johnson
wrote 4 weeks ago: I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness and … more →
THE BOOK THAT DEFINED THE WORLD
wrote 1 month ago: “You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is … more →
Happiness: Dr Johnson
wrote 1 month ago: There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a … more →
NARRATIVE STYLE, Part 1
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wrote 1 month ago: “Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style”.” – Jonathan Swift I … more →
The Suburb that Swung
wrote 1 month ago: This is the story of the woman who brought down the empire my criminal grandfather helped build with … more →
The Suburb that Swung
wrote 1 month ago: This is the story of the woman who brought down the empire my criminal grandfather helped build wi … more →
Rain Later, Good
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wrote 1 month ago: With many false intimations of spring, it has been a rough winter in London. The sky is still the co … more →
London: Cartographies of Life and Death: John Snow and Disease Mapping, and Dr. Johnson's House
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wrote 2 months ago: Insofar as a person can like a horrific disease, I like cholera. In the world of epidemic disease, … more →
Lacking in Diligence
wrote 2 months ago: mid-14c., from Old French diligence ”attention, care; haste, speed,” from Latin diligent … more →
Many a beau without a shilling : 18th century London.
wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been reading Jerry White’s London in the Eighteenth Century and would like to shar … more →
Sai Inspires (Tamil Translation): 10th February 2013
wrote 2 months ago: A person once told Dr. Johnson, the famous English thinker, that he could seldom get time to recite … more →
