frankenab writes: Greene will probably receive additional discussion in '02, since I see that a book co-edited by JCD Clark, discussing Johnson in a historical...
Jack Lynch
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Jan 8, 2002 2:21 pm
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I'm glad to see more attention being given to Hawkins. Not that he's a likeable chap - Johnson was right about that - but he has the pernickety accuracy of a...
I want to thank all those who provided feedback (publicly and privately) on the Hawkins stuff. I know this is not the sort of stuff which will make the world...
Hello, all. I'm Mike Nichols from the Atlanta area and have been lurking for the last couple of months. I own both the first and second editions of Hawkins'...
... I used OCR software a year and a half ago when I put Taxation No Tyranny up, first as a doc for a writer at Colonial Williamsburg, later on my web site....
... No Tyranny up, first as a doc for a writer at Colonial Williamsburg, later on my web site. [...] And it was work, even with that... But you're right,...
=Frank Lynch sent the following question regarding my =proposed Hawkins project. Since I wasn't very clear in my initial =post, I asked and he granted...
It appears that the two major choices in print choices for Boswell's "Life of Johnson" are the Everyman edition, based of the last Malone edition, and the...
... Boswell's ... Malone ... Powell ... much more ... edition, ... Hi, Joe, I agree that the Hill & Powell-based edition is the best...at least it's my...
... Joe, To be clear, the Oxford paperback is not really the Hill-Powell edition, as it doesn't have Hill's extensive footnotes... So the comparison between...
Frank, The index is the issue for me as well. The most recent Everyman's edition has an index, but it's less than half the size the of one in Oxford, and...
Frank: I'm sure there are plenty of busts of Johnson about, but I don't know where, offhand. Maybe not a Toby Jug, but what would be infinitely preferable...
... And Bryan Reid replied ... Hi, I have seen the Doulton tankard on eBay, but at 200 buckazoids or so, it was too much for me. I've not found any busts at...
... mug would be a vastly inferior alternative, in my book... ... Hi all, By coincidence a small Royal Doulton Toby mug is being auctioned on Ebay. It is item...
Hi Mike! I don' know why I ddn't think of it, but of course, Dr Johnson's House in Gough Square, London, which is the headquarters of the London Society, does...
Dear Michael: I don't want to be a wet bracket and please do try Gough Square, but when I was at the Birthplace in Lichfield and was asked about the Nollekens...
... Poor Mike - - everyone now thinks the mantle on his fireplace is barren, when 'twas I who posed the original question. I actually have the 1984 Wedgwood,...
Frank Lynch wrote: > --- In Johnsonian> ... barren, when 'twas I who posed the original question. ... Not sure how it happened, but, yes, Frank is the fellow...
Anyone here seen "The Falklands Factor" (1983) with Donald Pleasence as Samuel Johnson? (Something I just ran across on a page devoted to Pleasance while...
... Thought you would be interested in the winning award for Biography.--- ... Boswell's Presumptuous Task by Adam Sisman is this years Biography choice....
An email I received reminded me - - March 17th is the old style anniversary of Tetty's death, and this year would be the 250th anniversary. (If I recall...
Volume Vlll of Johnsonian Gleanings, page 110 states that Mrs. Johnson died on 17 March 1752 and was buried on 26 March 1752 at Bromley. It also states that...
