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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Pagina 153
... less tumultuous if we have more , or less mercenary if we have fewer ? Johnson ended sombrely with the risk of civil war : ' the business of every wise man seems to be now to keep his ground . ' Johnson's course was nearly run . Tired ...
... less tumultuous if we have more , or less mercenary if we have fewer ? Johnson ended sombrely with the risk of civil war : ' the business of every wise man seems to be now to keep his ground . ' Johnson's course was nearly run . Tired ...
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... less taken up with competition . Houses were becoming smaller and more private ; there were fewer servants and they were less in evidence . Domestic virtues were challenging the grand aristocratic life- style , and the nineteenth ...
... less taken up with competition . Houses were becoming smaller and more private ; there were fewer servants and they were less in evidence . Domestic virtues were challenging the grand aristocratic life- style , and the nineteenth ...
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... less than half a century'.70 Adam Smith , in the Edinburgh Review , drew attention to the Italian and French works , and added : ' when we compare this book with other dictionaries , the merit of its author appears very extraordinary ...
... less than half a century'.70 Adam Smith , in the Edinburgh Review , drew attention to the Italian and French works , and added : ' when we compare this book with other dictionaries , the merit of its author appears very extraordinary ...
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Johnson and Religion | 8 |
Johnson and Jacobitism 36 88 | 36 |
Johnson and Politics | 68 |
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