How Johnson's Dictionary was Made A lecture by Dr Anne McDermott Thursday 3rd August 2006 at 7.30 pm It's often assumed that dictionaries are made in...
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I've gotten a couple requests on this one: "It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence." In the...
Frank, You can join the online Oxford Journals for free and then pay to read Johnson's reviews in the August and September issues of LIterary Magazine. If you...
We are delighted to announce our new website at Dr Johnson's House, which can be found at www.drjohnsonshouse.org <http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/> . Do have...
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Jul 25, 2006 2:31 pm
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Have you heard this? click on "listen to this issue of in our times" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20051027.shtml <<BBC - Radio 4 In...
A wonderful broadcast. Nothing new, but all pleasantly presented, especially for this perpetual novice. One completely wrong thing I noted, however, is this:...
Greetings. I finally started reading "Defining the world" by Hitchings. Its well-written and I'm learning much. But also I had a question. When did Dr....
That, and other helpful points in time, can be found here: http://www.samueljohnson.com/timeline.html Frank From: Richard Kelly <richwkelly@...> Date:...
Those of you who were able to attend our lecture here at Dr Johnson's House last Thursday will be pleased to hear that it featured in The Guardian! Read the...
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Aug 8, 2006 9:33 am
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Sex, Scandal and Celebrity: the rake's progress of Beau Brummell A lecture by Ian Kelly Thursday 14th September 2006 at 7.30 pm The life of Beau Brummell, wit,...
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Aug 18, 2006 11:11 am
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Sex, Crime and Passion in Nelson's London Study day Saturday 21 October 11.00 - 16.30 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Venture into the underworld of...
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Aug 30, 2006 2:37 pm
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“The Famous Miss Burney” A one-woman play, written and performed by Karin Fernald Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th October 2006 at 7.30 pm This...
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Sep 15, 2006 10:18 am
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Just a small reminder amid all that cries for our attention: Monday, September 18 is Samuel Johnson's birthday. I look at the day's date as a pleasant reminder...
Yes, I heartily agree with you. We have celebrations here next weekend. Civic officialdom doesn't let us have our ceremonies until the Saturday after the...
OK, you know the drill about Desert Island Discs. Ten records, a luxury item, you can presume the Bible and Shakespeare are there, ya da da ya da da. So, for...
As an old ex-newspaperman and magazine writer (and still licing by the keyboard) my life has been guided by: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for...
As an Old Roman, I must of necessity hold to, and continue to enjoy the humor of, the one-liner about women's preaching... (no offence intended), -- Etc, Fr M...
Great quote, one of the best. So: me, you, and Friday are on this Desert Island, vying for freelance writing contracts, and Friday says, yeah, when publishing...
One of the Doctor Johnson's quotes that kind of sticks in the mind is, "if you're solitary, be not idle, if you're idle, be not solitary." However, it might...
That's a great suggestion, thinking specifically about the needs one might encounter on a desert island. "No man but a blockhead" and "a man should keep his...
That birthday thing: over at Flickr (a Yahoo! photo site) someone alerted me to a Johnson quote regarding the annoyance of his birthday and associated memories...
We still have a few tickets left for all three evenings! Please email or phone to let us know if you would like to come. “The Famous Miss Burney” A...
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Oct 2, 2006 10:48 am
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Walking tour of Holborn and Fleet Street Friday 13 October 2006, 11am – 1pm A walking tour of eighteenth-century London The tour will be led by Sue Weir,...
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Oct 2, 2006 2:26 pm
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Dear Natasha, Unfortunately I cannot manage Oct 13th or the evening session. I will circulate what you send me to all the folk on the Johnson Council here....
A Question of Tone: Johnson’s Critical Voice on Shakespeare and the Poets A lecture by Philip Smallwood Thursday 16th November 2006 at 7.30 pm The past of...
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Oct 5, 2006 3:32 pm
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Dear Mary, Shame about the trip - but I know it is a long way to organise an outing. Sue Weir's email is Sue.Weir@... Bruce Purchase - I can...
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Oct 9, 2006 3:38 pm
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First, the Doctor. Then, Msgr Ronald Knox, in a radio talk on translating the Bible: Dr Johnson (from http://www.samueljohnson.com/dogwalk.html): "Sir, a ...
I would be very grateful if you would forward this to anyone who might be interested. Dr Johnson's House Deputy Curator / Education Officer Dr Johnson’s...
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Oct 25, 2006 3:46 pm
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A Question of Tone: Johnson’s Critical Voice on Shakespeare and the Poets A lecture by Philip Smallwood Thursday 16th November 2006 at 7.30 pm The past of...
