Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian EnglandClarendon Press, 1994 - 326 pagini This is a lively and readable reinterpretation of the Georgian political order. Samuel Johnson's life (1709-1784) spans most of the eighteenth century. His contacts in the literary and cultural, scholarly, and political worlds were wide, including Gibbon, Goldsmith, Fox, Burke, Reynolds, Adam Smith, and many others. This book uses Johnson's remarkable career as a point of entry into Hanoverian England. John Cannon explores major contemporary issues, such as education, the poor, capital punishment, the colonies, religious toleration, and Toryism. He challenges many assumptions about Johnson's own attitudes, and offers a substantial modification to the traditional picture of Johnson and the political world of the eighteenth century. |
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... House of Commons , 1715-54 House of Commons , 1754–90 Journey to the Western Islands Junius Idler A Course of Lectures on the English Law , Delivered in the University of Oxford 1767-1773 by Sir Robert Chambers , Second Vinerian ...
... House of Commons , 1715-54 House of Commons , 1754–90 Journey to the Western Islands Junius Idler A Course of Lectures on the English Law , Delivered in the University of Oxford 1767-1773 by Sir Robert Chambers , Second Vinerian ...
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... House of Commons for himself . Whether he was wise to entertain such projects may be doubted . He would have been starting a new career when above 60. Nor would an eighteenth - century House of Commons have accorded him the respectful ...
... House of Commons for himself . Whether he was wise to entertain such projects may be doubted . He would have been starting a new career when above 60. Nor would an eighteenth - century House of Commons have accorded him the respectful ...
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... House of Commons when they petitioned . Returned to the House of Commons in 1761 , he was marked ' Tory ' on Newcastle's list , and during his nine years in Parliament he made his mark by his defence of authority in both the Wilkes and ...
... House of Commons when they petitioned . Returned to the House of Commons in 1761 , he was marked ' Tory ' on Newcastle's list , and during his nine years in Parliament he made his mark by his defence of authority in both the Wilkes and ...
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Johnson and Religion | 8 |
Johnson and Jacobitism 36 88 | 36 |
Johnson and Politics | 68 |
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