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....
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:24:03 -0400 (EDT), Jack Lynch ... Johnson frequently argued for the value of settled opinion and common sense. As for "singularity,"...
... I've met George Galloway on a few occassions and will no doubt see him again so I'll query the attribution with him when the opportunity next presents...
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:11:46 +0100, Tony Terlecki <ajt@...> ... That would be great! Frank http://www.samueljohnson.com/...
Celebrating Johnson's Dictionary Pembroke College, Oxford 26-28 August 2005 We previously circulated information about this three-day conference organised by...
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Johnson and the Dictionary 25 August 2005 University of Birmingham There will be a one-day conference at the University of Birmingham to celebrate the 250th...
We're redesigning the webpage at Dr Johnson's House - does anyone have any suggestions for our links page? I think we have included all the obvious ones, but...
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Natasha, I've always found this page a valuable resource: http://www.thrale.com/history/english/hester_and_henry/index.php Frank...
Oh yes, good idea. Hadn't thought of that one, and it also contains good links. Thanks, Frank! Natasha...
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I'm hoping for a bit of advice! A big gap in the library here at Dr Johnson's House is the series of Piozzi Letters edited by E and L Bloom. Unfortunately, we...
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A visitor asks about the following - - Two women arguing from their separate apartments across the street from each other, Johnson supposedly says, "They'll...
On the same topic, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes Johnson on puns: "The great moralist says; 'To trifle with the vocabulary which is the vehicle of social...
Please note: This is re-scheduled from its original date of 7th July. Johnson's Flea: Samuel Derrick & the Covent Garden Ladies Lecture by Hallie Rubenhold ...
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Can anyone help me with this? Is this Johnson or is it someone else? "Whilst you stand deliberating which book your son shall read first, another boy has read...
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:20:21 +0000, shandydidnotlast <johnsoniana@...> ... I can't source it in Primary Source Media's CD-ROM, which means it's not in his...
Sounds similar to "Sir, while you stand considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt them both." E.D. Hirsch used...
Thank you for this. ... things you ... than what ... disputing ... is bare. ... teach your ... <johnsoniana@a...> ... else? ... first, ... it's not ... BUrney,...
Dear All, Again I ask for assistance - I am re-writing the webpage at Dr Johnson's House and I am currently on the "Links" page. Can anyone suggest any helpful...
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From Jamaican Slave to Dr Johnson's Heir: The Extraordinary Life of Francis Barber a lecture by Michael Bundock Thursday 13th October 2005 at 7.30pm How did a...
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Did you know that Dr Johnson's House was used as a centre for the Fire Service in World War II? Dr Johnson's House will have a stall at the Blitz Exhibition in...
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Mrs. Gathergood discovered her mother's (Phyllis Rowell) account of "Dr. Johnson's House During the war". 1000 copies of this account were printed by Mary Hyde...
