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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... reform . This , in turn , led to parliamentary reform being once more canvassed . In May 1782 Chatham's son William Pitt moved for a select committee to discuss the issue . He was studiously moderate , praising the ancient constitution ...
... reform . This , in turn , led to parliamentary reform being once more canvassed . In May 1782 Chatham's son William Pitt moved for a select committee to discuss the issue . He was studiously moderate , praising the ancient constitution ...
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... reform : 29 English and Welsh counties were joined in the spring of 1780 by 12 boroughs ; Rockingham's own estimate of 60,000 petitioners does not seem unreasonable.73 The campaign burgeoned into a movement for reform of Parliament and ...
... reform : 29 English and Welsh counties were joined in the spring of 1780 by 12 boroughs ; Rockingham's own estimate of 60,000 petitioners does not seem unreasonable.73 The campaign burgeoned into a movement for reform of Parliament and ...
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... reform , and only five went the full distance with Wyvill . 134 Economical reform made some progress when the Rockinghams took office in the spring of 1782 , moderate parliamen- tary reform had to wait some fifty years , and some of the ...
... reform , and only five went the full distance with Wyvill . 134 Economical reform made some progress when the Rockinghams took office in the spring of 1782 , moderate parliamen- tary reform had to wait some fifty years , and some of the ...
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Johnson and Religion | 8 |
Johnson and Jacobitism 36 88 | 36 |
Johnson and Politics | 68 |
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