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EnglishTeacher365: Say, just who is this Johnson guy, anyway?
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My personal ramblings about the history and development of our English language. Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Say, just who is this Johnson guy, anyway? Http:/ andromeda.rutgers.edu/ jlynch/Johnson/Guide. So, who exactly was this enigmatic quipper with the quill? In the 1770s, Johnson returned to miscellaneous and political writings, few of which have ever caught the attention of amateur readers. Yet between 1779 and 1781 came a series originally called 'Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Wo...
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June | 2008 | Hoffmann Adventures in the Mother Land
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Hoffmann Adventures in the Mother Land. Notes from a lengthy trip to Britain. Archive for June, 2008. Back in the U.S. of A. June 26, 2008. After almost six months in the mother land, we returned to U.S. soil on June 20th. Some of us (guess which ones) wanted to stay in London a lot longer, but our visas were set to expire and a couple of us wanted to get back to the (natural) beauty,. Not to mention the dry heat, of Utah. Trooping the Colour and A “Friendly” Football Match. June 17, 2008. To see a ̶...
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Warwick Castle & Samuel Johnson’s House | Hoffmann Adventures in the Mother Land
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Hoffmann Adventures in the Mother Land. Notes from a lengthy trip to Britain. Laquo; Cambridge and Abbey Road. Paris in the Springtime. Warwick Castle and Samuel Johnson’s House. We had two interesting adventures in the last few days. Last Friday, Lynn took Brandon and Curtis to Warwick Castle. Lynn and the boys had a wonderful time seeing the heraldry and jousting exhibitions. They saw eagles, falcons, vultures, and peacocks. Brian and John spent a recent afternoon touring Samuel Johnson’s house. When h...
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Britain in the Eighteenth Century: January 2007
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Britain in the Eighteenth Century. A weblog for students at the Bromley and Petts Wood and Orpington branches of the WEA, created by Dr Anne Stott. Saturday, January 27, 2007. About Hogarth, tying in with Tate Britain's Hogarth retrospective. Posted by Anne at Saturday, January 27, 2007. Friday, January 26, 2007. 1725-97) was born in Clerkenwell. And he was enrolled by Dashwood as one of the twelve ‘Franciscans’ or ‘Medmenham Monks’; one of the others was Lord Sandwich. In 1754 he wrote Essay on Woman.
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The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page: Links
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The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page. Quote of the Week. Top 20 of the Month. Who Would DO This? Jack Lynch's Samuel Johnson. Page A great page. Constant thanks! The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum. Website for his house/museum in Gough Square, London). Britain's National Portrait Gallery. Has pages devoted to portraits of Johnson. As well as Sir Joshua Reynolds. Johnson's good friend and member of the Club. There is a Samuel Johnson discussion group at http:/ groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian. The Johnso...
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