Hi all, I thought it would be of general interest to inform that on June 28th at Butterfield's Auction House in San Francisco an original page from the Lives...
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Jul 2, 2001 8:02 am
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Frank Lynch
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Jul 2, 2001 11:02 am
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Just acquired today, so I can't really provide trusted commentary yet. I expect there will be significant overlap between the content in it and in Richard...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 5, 2001 7:59 pm
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... From: Frank Lynch <frankl@...> To: <Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:59 PM Subject: [Johnsonian] New book: "Dr....
Graham Nicholls
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Jul 5, 2001 8:27 pm
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There are quite a few books that deal with Johnson's England or Johnson's London but really do not have much to do with SJ. They There are quite a few books...
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Jul 6, 2001 1:12 am
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Hi Ed: I certainly do know Campbell's Diary - what's more, I have an original copy - or rather, having just made a cursory search of my library, I think I've...
Bryan Reid
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Jul 6, 2001 1:41 am
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... From: Bryan Reid <reidb@...> To: <Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:47 AM Subject: Re: [Johnsonian] Dr. Johnson's London...
Graham Nicholls
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Jul 6, 2001 8:08 am
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Frank Lynch
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Jul 6, 2001 11:16 am
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On the rainy evening of July 14, 1763 (London Journal) Johnson and Boswell met for supper at the Mitre. It was on this occasion that Johnson said he would not...
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Jul 14, 2001 10:50 am
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I join you with great pleasure -- although this time in the liquor which Johnson described as that "which makes a Scotchman happy." Bryan Reid...
Bryan Reid
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Jul 14, 2001 11:05 am
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... There was a period where I was trying to add a daily "This Day in Johnson's Life" to my web site, just to provide a bit of daily fresh content, but I had...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 14, 2001 9:35 pm
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Maybe there *is* some kind of Johnson boomlet going on in the publishing world. I just noticed a new book at Amazon by Beryl Bainbridge called "According to...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 15, 2001 5:05 pm
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What next? A blockbuster movie of The Life? Any nominations for a player for the leading role? In my opinion, Charles Laughton would have filled the bill, but...
Bryan Reid
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Jul 15, 2001 10:33 pm
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What next? A blockbuster movie of The Life? Any nominations for a player for the leading role? In my opinion, Charles Laughton would have filled the bill, but...
Bryan Reid
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Jul 15, 2001 10:33 pm
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... I had once thought John Goodman would be apt, but others at alt.quotations recommended Robbie Coltrane. Frank http://www.samueljohnson.com/...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 16, 2001 4:40 pm
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I would vote for the deceased Scots actor Finlay Currie to play the part of Samuel Johnson. Some of you may remember him for his role as Magwitch in Great...
Ed Schaeffer
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Jul 16, 2001 4:44 pm
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I'm almost through my first reading of The Life. I'm fascinated by Johnson's relationship with Mrs Boswell. Was the relationship quite sour after the tour to...
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Jul 18, 2001 3:32 am
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Hi all, In reply to Frank's reference to Lily, I did a little research and came up with: this site: http://www.moggies.co.uk/stories/finecat.html It's an...
Ed Schaeffer
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Jul 18, 2001 4:04 pm
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... Nice page, but I think there's a typo. IIRC the letter that mentions Lily is not from 1738, but 1783. So there were at least three cats: Hodge, Lily, and...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 19, 2001 12:04 am
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Let's see now... 300 pounds you say!! A year!! Hmm, is that enough for a Lexus? Wait, what will people think? Only those who have sold their countries are...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 19, 2001 1:59 am
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... I'm not particularly interested in the Boswell side of things, but there was a thick biography of Boswell that recently came out, by Peter Martin, which...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 19, 2001 2:01 am
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... From: Ed Schaeffer <Monboddo@...> To: <Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:43 PM Subject: [Johnsonian] A Johnson boomlet ...
Graham Nicholls
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... From: <garyclarke8@...> To: <Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:32 AM Subject: [Johnsonian] Johnson's relationhip with Mrs...
Graham Nicholls
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Jul 19, 2001 12:02 pm
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... From: Frank Lynch <frankl@...> To: <Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 1:04 AM Subject: [Johnsonian] Re: A white...
Graham Nicholls
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FYI: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-gi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1447352515 The description doesn't say 'first edition' but my guess is it is. Price is pretty cheap...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 20, 2001 5:25 pm
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Apologies. Correct link is this: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1447352515...
Frank Lynch
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Jul 21, 2001 12:43 pm
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I started this the other day - - so far I'd say it's responsibly written. It picks up from SJ's depression, when the Thrales carted him off to Streatham....
Frank Lynch
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Aug 1, 2001 12:45 am
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I think it's important to note that Bainbridge has written books of this type for other greats and that this book is considered to be a work of fiction. This...
Monboddo
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Aug 1, 2001 1:07 am
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Frank Lynch
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Aug 1, 2001 2:44 am
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... From: Frank Lynch To: Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [Johnsonian] Bainbridge's "According to Queeney" ......
