This weekend I was reading the Federalist Papers, and you know what? They are MUCH more difficult to read than Johnson's essays. It's not the difference in the...
I agree and have always felt Johnson's writing to be unfairly maligned. He's clear, concise; in fact, he's got all of the qualities of a good technical writer,...
... maligned. He's clear, concise; in fact, he's got all of the qualities of a good technical writer, save he also has genius of thought. I think a few of his...
Anyone know what the timing is for future releases of the Yale edition? (I'm specifically curious about the Parliamentary Debates, but info on any others would...
... Sorry to say, yes. The print is too small for OCR, and then there is the issue of the long "f's" to edit into s's. (By the way, the edition on Primary...
If you have quite a pile, then, and even the new 10 version of OCR won't scan, it would be worthy to get a copy of DragonSpeak and train it. After you're done...
... won't scan, it would be worthy to get a copy of DragonSpeak and train it. After you're done I'd purchase the software from you - I have a 1000 page...
The Mariners exited early, too, but University of Washington football has started here (WOOF! GO HUSKIES!). I'll look forward to seeing the debates, and...
lynch_frank writes: Anyone know what the timing is for future releases of the Yale edition? (I'm specifically curious about the Parliamentary Debates, but info...
Jack Lynch
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Oct 11, 2003 1:56 am
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... football has started here (WOOF! GO HUSKIES!). College football is no consolation for me, I'm afraid: the Gators will finish with a mediocre record at...
Oh dear, we may find ourselves bidding against each other now...however, I'm a bonafide "starving scholar" so I'm rather easily outbid! +roaring*girle+...
Can anyone give me the quote from Johnson about there being too many books being written by too many people, or something to that effect? I just can't track it...
Every one here familiar with Primary Source Media's CD-ROM of Johnson & Boswell? I paid about $400 for it about 5 years ago, but just noticed it's now priced...
If any of you are interested in it, or need/want to link to it for your students, I put up the original Idler 22 the other day. (I was surprised to see it...
Hello, Can someone tell me what the Boswell Hypochondriac consists of? I've been reading a world of Boswell and Johnson but haven't yet come across that....
It was an essay series Boswell wrote. Monthly, from October 1777 to August 1783. They were published in The London Magazine. I bought a used copy of a 1951...
The original edition of "The Hypochondriak: Being the Seventy Essays by the Celebrated Biographer", edited By Margery Bailey, was published by the Stanford...
Hallo! Does anyone know about a Johnson's literary club in Greenwich? I know about his clubs in London and I heard he used to attend this one in Greenwich as...
I wonder whether Johnson ever met Franklin, who spent some years in London. One would think Franklin may have sought to see him, but I cannot find any mention...
... In all likelihood, they did meet; they were certainly in the same room at the same time at least once. Try and find a book called "New Light on Dr....
bcboykin writes: I wonder whether Johnson ever met Franklin, who spent some years in London. One would think Franklin may have sought to see him, but I cannot...
Jack Lynch
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Dec 9, 2003 2:40 pm
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... Frederick ... Johnson," ... Dr. ... role, ... having ... I was wrong, the meeting where they're both listed in the minutes was May 1, 1760 Frank ...
Hello, all, I have just finished reading W. Jackson Bate's biography on Samuel Johnson and I enjoyed it a great deal. It had some annoying repetitions of...
