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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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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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...
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Nov 7, 2006 5:00 pm
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The new Samuel Johnson Tercentenary site can be found at www.johnson2009.org <http://www.johnson2009.org/> It contains information about the international...
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Nov 13, 2006 2:34 pm
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Johnson is Leaving A one-act play set and performed in the famous Dictionary Garret Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th December 2006 at 7.30pm ...
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Nov 21, 2006 12:15 pm
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Sorry, all, ... Etc, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession) Archdiocese of California www.naorc.org...
Dear Supporter of Dr Johnson's House, As you will probably have heard, I will be leaving Dr Johnson's House at the end of this week. I am very excited about my...
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Dec 19, 2006 1:21 pm
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A new project available at this time has been initiated by Google. If you go to Google's main page and click on books (be sure to click on "Full View books"...
Dear all, As you may know, it is not only Natasha McEnroe who is leaving Dr Johnson's House! As of 1 January 2007 I will be Assistant Professor in the English...
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Jan 8, 2007 5:13 pm
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I hope it is not too late to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. As you may know, Dr Johnson’ House was sad to say goodbye to Natasha McEnroe and Fiona...
