Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1944 - 599 pages Samuel Johnson was a pessimist with an enormous zest for living. It has been said that no one was ever more typically English and it has also been said that he is one of the world's greatest eccentrics. But no other single trait of his character is quite so striking as the strange combination of deeply pessimistic convictions with an enormous - almost Gargantuan - appetite for learning, for literature, for good company, and for food. The literature surrounding Samuel Johnson is enormous and there is probably no other English man of letters except Shakespeare whom so many people acknowledge as the chief interest in their lives. They not only write books and read papers, they also form clubs, give dinners, stage celebrations, and collect curios. |
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Aubrey William BEAUCLERK. indifferently represented . But if they now elected such honour- able and public - spirited men as Major Beauclerk , they would see a very different system put into operation . After a few other observations the ...
Aubrey William BEAUCLERK. indifferently represented . But if they now elected such honour- able and public - spirited men as Major Beauclerk , they would see a very different system put into operation . After a few other observations the ...
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... Beauclerk Lord Sidney Beauclerk (normally pronounced “boh-clair”) came from a totally different social world, and was probably able to trade birth for wealth in the marriage negotiations. He was the fifth son of the first Duke of St ...
... Beauclerk Lord Sidney Beauclerk (normally pronounced “boh-clair”) came from a totally different social world, and was probably able to trade birth for wealth in the marriage negotiations. He was the fifth son of the first Duke of St ...
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... Beauclerk Closet , 52 ( note ) , 154 , 155 , 241 , 242 Beauclerk , Aubrey William , of Ardglass , 290 ( note ) Beauclerk , Caroline Anne , see Mrs. Aldridge , 290 ( note ) Beauclerk , Charles , 115 , 131 , 206 and note , 230 , 237 , 238 ...
... Beauclerk Closet , 52 ( note ) , 154 , 155 , 241 , 242 Beauclerk , Aubrey William , of Ardglass , 290 ( note ) Beauclerk , Caroline Anne , see Mrs. Aldridge , 290 ( note ) Beauclerk , Charles , 115 , 131 , 206 and note , 230 , 237 , 238 ...
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The Lichfield Prodigy | 1 |
London or The Full Tide of Human | 27 |
Running About the World | 59 |
Copyright | |
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