Download or read book Dr Samuel Johnson and His Circle Illustrated written by Director of Product Design John Bailey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) was an essayist and literary historian who was a prominent figure in 18th century England. He came from modest means to become one of the greatest literary figures of his day. He was known for his essay collections, biographies, and a comprehensive dictionary as well as the fable adaptation The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

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Download or read book Dr Johnson and His Circle written by John Cann Bailey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey The name of Samuel Johnson is, of course, not the greatest in English prose, but even to-day, when he has been dead more than a century and a quarter, it is still the most familiar. We live in an age of newspapers. Where all can read, the newspaper press, taken as a whole, will be a fairly accurate reflection of what is in the mind of a people. Nothing will be mentioned frequently in newspapers which is not of some interest to a large number of readers; and whatever is frequently mentioned there cannot fail to become widely known. Tried by this test, Johnson's name must be admitted to be very widely known and of almost universal interest. No man of letters-perhaps scarcely even Shakespeare himself-is so often quoted in the columns of the daily press. His is a name that may {8} be safely introduced into any written or spoken discussion, without fear of the stare of unrecognizing ignorance; and the only danger to which those who quote him expose themselves is that of the yawn of over-familiarity. Even in his own lifetime his reputation extended far beyond the limited circle of literature or scholarship. Actresses delighted in his conversation; soldiers were proud to entertain him in their barracks; innkeepers boasted of his having slept in their inns. His celebrity was such that he himself once said there was hardly a day in which the newspapers did not mention his name; and a year after his death Boswell could venture to write publicly of him that his "character, religious, moral, political and literary, nay his figure and manner, are, I believe, more generally known than those of almost any man." But what was, in his own day, partly a respect paid to the maker of the famous Dictionary and partly a curiosity about "the great Oddity," as the Edensor innkeeper called him, has in the course of the nineteenth century become a great deal more. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Download or read book The Johnson Circle written by Lyle Larsen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Johnson, from early boyhood, lived with the knowledge that his homely face, large and ungainly body, loud voice, and odd mannerisms put people off. He later confessed that he had never made an effort to please others until past thirty, "considering the matter as hopeless." Yet he managed to gather about him as friends, especially during the last quarter of his life, some of the most fascinating and accomplished people of the day. These friendships were not always smooth, and some did not last, but Johnson valued the individuals nonetheless. Actor, painter, playwright, novelist, Greek scholar, miscellaneous writer, biographer, leading bluestocking, wealthy man-of-fashion: they represented a wide range of talents and personalities. Johnson brought them together as a group, and all testified that in knowing him they became far better persons than they otherwise would have been. This book focuses on ten key figures, aside from Johnson himself, of the so-called Johnson circle. It explores their characters, their contributions to society, their relationships with one another, and their indebtedness to Samuel Johnson.

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Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Johnson Illustrated written by Dr. Samuel Johnson and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 14267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated Dr. Johnson made a lasting contribution to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Johnson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * ALL the essays, articles, pamphlets, biographies and critical works * Rare works often missed out of collections * Includes the posthumous collection PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Includes a generous selection of entries for the original 1755 Dictionary, with many definitions for all letters of the alphabet, as well as the original plan and preface * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Johnson’s contribution to literature * Features four biographies – immerse yourself in Johnson’s world! * Includes the complete edition of Boswell’s seminal biography, as well as a useful abridged version * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Essays and Pamphlets A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE THE PLAN OF A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE RAMBLER THE ADVENTURER THE IDLER THE FALSE ALARM THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND’S ISLANDS THE PATRIOT TAXATION NO TYRANNY A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY GEORGE III AND SAMUEL JOHNSON LID MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS The Novella THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA: A TALE The Dictionary PREFACE TO A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SELECTED DICTIONARY ENTRIES The Biographies AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR RICHARD SAVAGE THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS THE LIVES OF EMINENT MEN The Literary Criticism MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PREFACE TO THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE The Play IRENE The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Criticism DR. JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE by John Bailey SAMUEL JOHNSON by Richard Claverhouse Jebb SAMUEL JOHNSON by Leslie Stephen STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER by Leslie Stephen A POETICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERARY AND MORAL CHARACTER OF JOHNSON by John Courtenay SAMUEL JOHNSON by Nathaniel Hawthorne SAMUEL JOHNSON by C. E. Vaughan ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. by Hester Lynch Piozzi THE REAL DR. JOHNSON by G. K. Chesterton A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON by H. P. Lovecraft The Biographies THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. by James Boswell BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON (ABRIDGED) by Charles Grosvenor Osgood MACAULAY’S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by ‎Arthur Murphy

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Download or read book Dr Johnson and His Circle written by John Cann Bailey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...]issues of life and death, he had apparently as little as any man who ever lived. He seems \'7b41\'7d always to have been one of those active, hurrying, useful persons who- "Fancy that they put forth all their life And never know how with the soul it fares." Whatever can be said against Boswell that cannot be said. Of this inner wisdom, this quietness of thought, this "folie des grandeurs" of the soul, he had a thousand times as much as Macaulay. He could not cling to it to the end, he could not victoriously live by it and make it himself; but he had seen[...]".

Download or read book Graphic Illustrations of the Life and Times of Samuel Johnson LL D written by and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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