I just passed through the living room, where my wife was watching "E. R." I honestly don't know why anyone would involve themselves in all that tension just...
Johnson Celebration Pembroke College 26-28 August 2005 Pembroke College (Oxford) is holding a three-day conference celebrating the 250th anniversary of one of...
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Special Event at the Georgian Group Wednesday 9 February 2005 6.30 -9.30pm The Georgian Group, 6 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5DX Valentine's Day is around the...
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CALL FOR PAPERS Apothecaries, Art and Architecture: Interpreting Georgian Medicine A Joint Symposium IN HONOUR OF ROY PORTER organised by The Faculty of the...
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I had this whimsical idea, another speculation. Not knowing everyone's familiarity with the term "blogger," I should start by defining it: a blog is a...
To me, I think an overlooked aspect of blogging is its existence outside the mainstream media. Whether it's Daily Kos or Little Green Footballs, they are...
Dear All, We are putting on a small display next month (opening April 12) about commemorative coins of Johnson. The main part of this display is going to be...
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Dr Johnson's House Events Spring / Summer Diary 2005 April 2005 Dictionary celebrations This April sees the 250th anniversary of the publication of Johnson's...
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[Apologies for the cross-post.] A new Yahoogroup has recently been formed called Wordsworth_Coleridge. Anyone with even a passing interest in said literary...
This week sees the 250th anniversary of the publication of Johnson's great Dictionary of the English Language. We hope to see you at one of our events! ...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/2005/04/dictionary.shtml Frank http://www.samueljohnson.com/...
The Johnsonian, Paul T. Ruxin, was the guest speaker at the March 20, 2005 meeting of the Florida Bibliophile Society. Here is a link to his talk on...
As you may have heard, Rachel Kennedy is leaving Dr Johnson's House to manage Duff House in Aberdeenshire. I am therefore looking to replace her as Deputy...
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Evening lecture at Dr Johnson's House 3 May at 7.30pm "Johnson and the Living Word: Time and Passing in the Dictionary of the English Language" by Allen...
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Apr 20, 2005 9:38 am
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'In armour complete': Practising safe sex in 18th century London Natasha McEnroe, Curator of Dr Johnson's House Tuesday 17 May, 19.30 Famously 'indelicate' in...
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Does anyone know if anyone is writing a book about Dr Johnson and the Club? Natasha McEnroe Curator Dr Johnson's House 17 Gough Square London EC4A 3DE 020 7353...
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Anecdotes of the Literary Club by C.A. Miller (The "Club" of Dr. Johnson and Boswell) was published in 1948 by The Exposition Press, New York, N.Y. The book...
Dear Ed, Many thanks for your message - I was actually asking on behalf of an agent who thought he had heard of someone currently at work. Now I must check if...
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I'm writing my degree thesis about Dr Johnson and the Club, but in Italian! It's a very difficult research, because there very little documents about The Club....
Johnson's Flea: Samuel Derrick & the Covent Garden Ladies Lecture by Hallie Rubenhold Thursday 7 July 2005 Hallie Rubenhold is the author of the recently...
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A call out: group member Jack Lynch is on the op-ed page of the New York Times today, with a piece on the Dictionary. The following link requires no...
No registration? It told me to "log in"..., -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American Old Roman Catholic...
It shouldn't have; that's an RSS link, and they're not supposed to. If it wrapped in your email and the highlighting was only on the first line, then you need...
In today's New York Times, George Galloway quotes Johnson as having said, "The grimmest dictatorship is the dictatorship of the prevailing orthodoxy." This is...
I definitely copied the entire URL, and still got the log-in command. Your tiny worked great, though. Thanks, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant...
Frank, This weekend I pored through J. Wilson Croker's Johnsoniana, Philadelphia, 1842 and George Birkbeck HIll's Johnsonian Miscellanies, New York 1897, and...
moibibliomaniac@... writes: "The grimmest dictatorship is the dictatorship of the prevailing orthodoxy, and I am fighting that orthodoxy. It's not that I...
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... I owe you an apology; GBH's "Johnsonian Miscellanies" are part of the Primary Sources CD-ROM. ... I've now done that, and perhaps it will bear fruit....
