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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... constitution lie , in the growth of executive power or the emergence of factions ? If , as Polybius and the classical writers maintained , the constitution must , in the end , fall out of equilibrium , which way would it topple ...
... constitution lie , in the growth of executive power or the emergence of factions ? If , as Polybius and the classical writers maintained , the constitution must , in the end , fall out of equilibrium , which way would it topple ...
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... constitution , while embarrassing and weakening the government . 21 In these issues , Johnson took a keen interest . Sir John Hawkins wrote of his profound reverence for and knowledge of the constitution.19 In the 1740s he was in ...
... constitution , while embarrassing and weakening the government . 21 In these issues , Johnson took a keen interest . Sir John Hawkins wrote of his profound reverence for and knowledge of the constitution.19 In the 1740s he was in ...
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... constitution were not forgotten . Five years after his death , the grand debate on the French Revolution began . Edmund Burke begged his readers to shun the French example and contrasted the crazy structure of the new French regime with ...
... constitution were not forgotten . Five years after his death , the grand debate on the French Revolution began . Edmund Burke begged his readers to shun the French example and contrasted the crazy structure of the new French regime with ...
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Johnson and Religion | 8 |
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Johnson and Politics | 68 |
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