Blogs about: Samuel Johnson

Striving vs. Being Content Take 2

William Powell wrote 13 hours ago: When it comes to both reading and writing, my preference is for prose that is narrative, visual and … more →

Tags: Life, Content, hamlet, John Burroughs, Long-suffering, Striving, The American Way

"What's another word for thesaurus?" (Stephen Wright)

EditingAngel wrote 1 week ago: A thesaurus is a great help if you want to increase your vocabulary. Whereas a dictionary gives you … more →

Tags: Communication, English, language, writing, Antonyms, dictionary, English language, Historical Thesaurus of English, Oxford English Dictionary

Strength Poster by jasminesphotography2 comments

samack wrote 1 week ago: Strength Poster by jasminesphotography Browse more Stength Posters Strength Poster … more →

Tags: Zazzle, Graphic Design, Digital Art, Posters, Quotes, Photography, Strenghth, Inspiration, virtures

Samuel Johnson

Dan wrote 1 week ago: “Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it i … more →

Tags: Misc, Biography, dictionary, Literature, Quotes

Cryptoquote Spoiler - 07/09/09

unclerave wrote 1 week ago: “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.“   … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Games, language, codes, cryptoquote, Puzzles, Quotes, Word Games

Redefining Translation1 comment

exchangesjournal wrote 1 week ago: Beyond Words has a post today about translating poetry that references that old Johnson (via B.J. Ep … more →

Tags: Crackpot Theories/Harebrained Ideas, Andrés Caicedo, Douglas Hofstadter, Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin

Beauty, Narcissism, and the Platonic Disdain for the Body – Part III

jacobschriftman wrote 1 week ago: The first thing I notice is that my inner self is employing a different language. Suddenly all my t … more →

Tags: Books, Beauty, Beauty And Beast, Dr Johnson, female power over men, Polyphemus and Galatea, Women

Friendship Quotations

Rest Ministries wrote 1 week ago: No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away. Catherine Marshall #iiwk09 http: … more →

Tags: Posts to ReTweet, Arts, Friendship, Music, Richard Bach, James Boswell, Santa Fe Opera, W. Somerset Maugham

In Pursuit of Dr Johnson

thegentlemanadministrator wrote 2 weeks ago: Whenever I’m in London I feel the strong urge to seek out something historical. Pulling into Waterl … more →

Tags: History, early modern history, London, Henry VIII, Blur, British Library, enlightenment, Dr Johnson, Grays

Samuel Johnson

CantervilleGhost wrote 2 weeks ago: SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784), English essayist Portrait: Joshua Reynolds … more →

Tags: Johnson Samuel, Joshua Reynolds

Getting your head around English spelling2 comments

EditingAngel wrote 2 weeks ago: or ‘Y iz Inglish speling sew difikult?’ Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before y … more →

Tags: Communication, English, language, writing, Advice, dictionary, English language, Mark Twain, mnemonics

The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 20098 comments

uenohama wrote 2 weeks ago: I was television last night and switched over to BBC2 and saw that the Samuel Johnson prize was bein … more →

Tags: musings, Age of Wonder, bad science, BBC, Book prize, Leviathan, Lords of Finace, Lost City of Z, Non-Fiction

R U A TRUE FRIEND? Find out in 17 e-z steps3 comments

mizb007 wrote 3 weeks ago: The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson We all want to have true friends, bu … more →

Tags: Lemme Inspire U, Attitude, Inspirational Words, A TRUE FRIEND, true friends, true friendship, Friendship, relationship, Eleanor Roosevelt

Marginalia, no.63

Ian Woolcott wrote 1 month ago: Reason by degrees submits to absurdity… ~ Samuel Johnson, Rambler, No.8 There are moments when I thi … more →

Tags: marginalia, In Praise of Folly, Quotes

Conduct of Life

reiterations wrote 1 month ago: But there is a universal reason for some stated intervals of solitude which the institutions of the … more →

O Brother Where Art Thou?2 comments

Ben wrote 1 month ago: I have the full support of my family My day starts at Waterloo once again. The heat is oppressive al … more →

Tags: bank, elephant & castle, Fleet Street, Hackney, Hackney Wick, liverpool street, Mile End, Shadwell, shoreditch

Great Works10 comments

م.ص.ط.ف.ی wrote 1 month ago: برای دیدن تصویر بزرگ، روی تصویر کوچک کلیک کنید “ Great Works are performed not by strength, but by … more →

Tags: Quote-Wallpaper, Great Works, perseverance, Strength

Increase your vocabulary!...

LW wrote 1 month ago: If, as Dr. Johnson suggested, “Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlar … more →

Tags: Dr Johnson, Wordnik, language, Vocabulary, scrabble, Scattergories, NBC, Game shows, Board games

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Krispykitchen wrote 1 month ago: Surreal ensemble A little flat; but charming Simple happiness … more →

Tags: Comedy, * * * +, Animated, Australian, Joel Edgerton, Geoffrey Rush, claudia karvan, Anthony La Paglia, Ben Mendelsohn


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