I have been contacted by a member of a team that is apparently putting together a scholarly edition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons. They are looking for...
For what it's worth, there has been some success in sourcing this. Another minister who had used the same anecdote in a couple of his sermons told me he found...
A Samuel Johnson Trove Goes to Harvard's Library By KATIE ZEZIMA ... Published: March 18, 2004 ... OSTON, March 17 — The Houghton Library at Harvard...
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Since not one Johnson scholar has identified the source of this quotation, is it possible that it is a quotation from another Samuel Johnson? Samuel Johnson...
That's a reasonable hypothesis. Somehow when I saw the "Sir" in the quotation I'd assumed it was the Cham, but I could be wrong! Frank On Thu, 18 Mar 2004...
I was amused by something I noticed today... In his journals, for 9 April, 1772, Boswell wrote: I introduced the subject of prayer, and the different notions...
Hello, all, What do folks think about John Wain's Biography of Johnson? I'm about halfway through now, and I thought it was odd that he skipped so totally over...
Does anyone have any suggestions about a connection between Johnson and Morris dancing - or any sort of folk dancing - or any sort of dancing at all, actually....
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Mar 30, 2004 12:29 pm
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I just plugged in Primary Source Media's CD-ROM, and the only hits relevant to Morris dancing came up as supporting quotations in his Dictionary, or in...
No idea! I will ask him and get back to you. Thanks so much for your time with this! Any chance of you being over in July to see these famous dancers...? ...
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I've been on holiday for the last 10 days so catching up here. I believe folk dancing in aggregate was simply called "country dancing" or "country dances",...
I'm forwarding this message from the exlibris list. What an opportunity for the qualified person! Jerry Morris [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks for your input! We are arranging Morris dancers in Gough Sq this summer, to dance some traditional Lichfield dancers - it should be fun! Natasha McEnroe...
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Apr 20, 2004 12:13 pm
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Burney Society Conference 2004 When: October 7, 2004 Where: The Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA The Burney Society of North America invites...
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Apr 27, 2004 3:49 pm
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Supposedly this volume of Yale's Johnson works is out. My copy has yet to arrive. Has anyone gotten theirs? Frank www.samueljohnson.com/...
Dr Johnson's House Events 2004 Museums and Galleries Month Attention All Children - Come and try on Dr Johnson's Coat for size! This May, Dr Johnson's House is...
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May 5, 2004 3:58 pm
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Hi. I'm new to the group but have been interested in Johnson for a long time. I saw reference in an earlier posting to Lydia Davis' book Samuel Johnson Is...
shandydidnotlast writes: Does anyone know about a new book on the Dictionary which is due out next year? Not Jack Lynch's very appealing edition, but an actual...
Jack Lynch
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May 8, 2004 7:55 pm
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I can't believe we're getting junk postings. These hucksters get everywhere. Thanks, Jack, for your info about the book you are doing with Anne McDermott. I am...
shandydidnotlast writes: Thanks, Jack, for your info about the book you are doing with Anne McDermott. I am guessing this will be published by a scholarly...
Jack Lynch
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May 9, 2004 7:14 pm
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Folks on this list aren't likely to care for this comment; but it fairly represents, no only Hazlitt on Johnson, but the reaction of Romantic sensibility to...
Hazlitt, himself, evidently a practitioner of tall, opaque words. GG "Roaring*Girle" -- "Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the...
Greetings, I am the (silent) Listowner of "Johnsonian". Hitherto, this group has escaped the junk emails that have afflicted other mailing lists. Should ...
Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
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Jack Lynch very thoughtfully flagged my forthcoming book earlier today, in response to a question originally posed by shandydidnotlast. Just to clarify: this...
... "first row of the rubric." Many syllables, for sure. But why first row, and what rubric? I believe the expression, "the first row of the rubric," is a...
A Night at Old Slaughter's Coffee House Thursday 15th July 2004 Coffee-houses played an important part in the social life of eighteenth century London. One of...
