The Johnson Circle
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The Johnson Circle
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Author : Lyle Larsen
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-10-05
The Johnson Circle written by Lyle Larsen and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Samuel Johnson, from early boyhood, lived with the knowledge that his homely face, large and ungainly body, loud voice, and odd mannerisms put people off. He later confessed that he had never made an effort to please others until past thirty, “considering the matter as hopeless.” Yet he managed to gather about him as friends, especially during the last quarter of his life, some of the most fascinating and accomplished people of the day. These friendships were not always smooth, and some did not last, but Johnson valued the individuals nonetheless. Actor, painter, playwright, novelist, Greek scholar, miscellaneous writer, biographer, leading bluestocking, wealthy man-of-fashion: they represented a wide range of talents and personalities. Johnson brought them together as a group, and all testified that in knowing him they became far better persons than they otherwise would have been. This book focuses on ten key figures, aside from Johnson himself, of the so-called Johnson circle. It explores their characters, their contributions to society, their relationships with one another, and their indebtedness to Samuel Johnson.
Further Letters Of The Johnson Circle
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Author : James Lowry Clifford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
Further Letters Of The Johnson Circle written by James Lowry Clifford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with categories.
Dr Johnson And His Circle
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Author : John Bailey
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-17
Dr Johnson And His Circle written by John Bailey and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-17 with Fiction categories.
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Studies In The Johnson Circle
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Author : Arthur Sherbo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Studies In The Johnson Circle written by Arthur Sherbo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Community And Solitude
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Author : Anthony W. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-22
Community And Solitude written by Anthony W. Lee and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection explores relationships between Samual Johnson and several of his main contemporaries--James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Frances Burney, Robert Chambers, Oliver Goldsmith, Bennet Langton, Arthur Murphy, Richard Savage, Anna Seward, and Thomas Warton--and analyzes some of the literary productions emanating from the pressures within those relationships.
Dr Johnson And His Circle
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Author : John Cann Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1913-01-01
Dr Johnson And His Circle written by John Cann Bailey and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Dr Johnson And His Circle
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Author : John Cann Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-08-14
Dr Johnson And His Circle written by John Cann Bailey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with categories.
Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey The name of Samuel Johnson is, of course, not the greatest in English prose, but even to-day, when he has been dead more than a century and a quarter, it is still the most familiar. We live in an age of newspapers. Where all can read, the newspaper press, taken as a whole, will be a fairly accurate reflection of what is in the mind of a people. Nothing will be mentioned frequently in newspapers which is not of some interest to a large number of readers; and whatever is frequently mentioned there cannot fail to become widely known. Tried by this test, Johnson's name must be admitted to be very widely known and of almost universal interest. No man of letters-perhaps scarcely even Shakespeare himself-is so often quoted in the columns of the daily press. His is a name that may {8} be safely introduced into any written or spoken discussion, without fear of the stare of unrecognizing ignorance; and the only danger to which those who quote him expose themselves is that of the yawn of over-familiarity. Even in his own lifetime his reputation extended far beyond the limited circle of literature or scholarship. Actresses delighted in his conversation; soldiers were proud to entertain him in their barracks; innkeepers boasted of his having slept in their inns. His celebrity was such that he himself once said there was hardly a day in which the newspapers did not mention his name; and a year after his death Boswell could venture to write publicly of him that his "character, religious, moral, political and literary, nay his figure and manner, are, I believe, more generally known than those of almost any man." But what was, in his own day, partly a respect paid to the maker of the famous Dictionary and partly a curiosity about "the great Oddity," as the Edensor innkeeper called him, has in the course of the nineteenth century become a great deal more. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Dr Johnson And His Circle
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Author : John Cann Bailey
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Dr Johnson And His Circle written by John Cann Bailey and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Fiction categories.
"[...]issues of life and death, he had apparently as little as any man who ever lived. He seems \'7b41\'7d always to have been one of those active, hurrying, useful persons who- "Fancy that they put forth all their life And never know how with the soul it fares." Whatever can be said against Boswell that cannot be said. Of this inner wisdom, this quietness of thought, this "folie des grandeurs" of the soul, he had a thousand times as much as Macaulay. He could not cling to it to the end, he could not victoriously live by it and make it himself; but he had seen[...]".
Andrew Johnson S Circle Trip
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Author : PHILIP ROSE
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-31
Andrew Johnson S Circle Trip written by PHILIP ROSE and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-31 with Travel categories.
Andrew Johnsons Circle Trip is the story of President Johnsons trip to Chicago for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of the Stephen Douglas Monument. On August 28, 1866, the presidential party left the capital. Among the guests were Secretary Seward, Ulysses S. Grant, and George Armstrong Custer. The route followed was via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, West Point, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Detroit, and on to Chicago. This trip gave Johnson the chance to appear face-to-face with the people of the North. His extemporaneous addresses were reported in many of the newspapers of the time. The radicals had determined to ignore or to insult the president whenever possible while their papers gave caricatured reports of all the speeches. The city of Chicago was the final objective of the whole journey, and it was here, amid imposing ceremonies, that the cornerstone of the Douglas Monument was laid. From Chicago, the party journeyed down to Springfield and then on to Alton, where they were met by thirty-six steamers crowded with people and were escorted by them to Saint Louis. It was here that the radicals had organized their meanest demonstration. The presidential party journeyed on to Louisville, Kentucky, where a grand reception was accorded them, and from thence they pushed on to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. On Saturday, September 15, the president and his fellow travelers returned to Washington. President Johnson had appealed to Americans, not to Democrats or Republicans, and he welcomed assistance on his trip wherever he could find it.
Dr Johnson And His Circle Classic Reprint
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Author : John Cann Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-09
Dr Johnson And His Circle Classic Reprint written by John Cann Bailey and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-09 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from Dr. Johnson and His Circle He is still for us the great scholar and the strongly marked individuality, but he has gradually attained a kind of apotheosis, a kind of semi-legendary position, almost rivalling that of the great John Bull himself, as the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.