Johnsonian Gleanings: The doctor's life, 1728-1735
Author: Aleyn Lyell Reade
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 336
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Author: Aleyn Lyell Reade
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aleyn Lyell Reade
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Aleyn Lyell Reade
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-10-03
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781333830182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Johnsonian Gleanings, Vol. 5: The Doctor's Life, 1728-1735 These College records, which, at first inspection, promised very little help, have been made, by intensive study, to yield up a good many secrets. The long debated question of whether Johnson ever returned to College after he left in December 1729 has been definitely settled, after nearly a century of argument, and we can now at least say that, wherever he was in i73o and for the greater part of 1731, it was not at Oxford. The removal of all doubt on the point has done much to clarify the story of his life at this period. The whole chrono logy of the seven years that elapsed between his entering the University in i7zs, and his marriage in I735, is now placed on a much more secure foundation. It is not necessary to say much about the contents of this Part, which follows on from its immediate predecessors and explains itself. The application of scientific method to biographical research, which I am endeavouring in this series to carry to a higher point than it has ever been carried before, is the basis of its construction and it is almost as much as an example of such constructive analysis as an extension of our knowledge of Johnson's life and circle that I offer it to those whose kindly sympathy and support enables me, though with increasing difficulty, to pursue those ideals of literary research developed in me during a long apprenticeship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Aleyn Lyell Reade
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Published: 1933
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Noy
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016-05-11
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1443893250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr Johnson said that he would walk to the ends of the earth to save Beauclerk. Other people who claimed to be his friends rejoiced at his early death. How did the beautiful youth of Francis Coates’ 1756 portrait become a man whose greatest claim to fame was causing an infestation of lice at Blenheim Palace through lack of personal hygiene? A great-grandson of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, he lived a privileged life thanks to fortuitously inherited wealth. He employed Robert Adam to build him a house at Muswell Hill which has almost completely disappeared from the records of Adam’s work due to a dispute about the bill. He was one of the leading book-collectors of the time, with a library of 30,000 volumes whose sale after his death was a major literary event. He also used his wealth to indulge interests in science and astronomy and a passion for gambling. As a result, he ran through his inheritance as quickly as he could sell it, falling into ever-increasing debt as his lawyer grew richer. Beauclerk knew all the leading figures of the British and French Enlightenments. He was a friend of Johnson, Adam Smith, David Hume, Horace Walpole, Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes and David Garrick. He met Rousseau and Voltaire, and immersed himself in French salon culture. He could charm people when he chose to, but did not always try. Recently he has been overshadowed by his wife, Lady Di (née Spencer), whose life by Carola Hicks (Improper Pursuits, 2001) has made her artistic talent and unconventional life well-known. The story of their adultery and marriage has not previously been told from Beauclerk’s point of view, and many other inaccuracies have crept into authoritative works such as the ODNB; he is regularly and unfairly dismissed as a bad husband. This biography shows that he was much more than the close associate of Johnson known from the pages of Boswell: a man of widely varied interests, from the Grand Tour to the contemporary theatre, who lived Enlightenment life to the full in a way which would not have been possible a generation earlier or later. Based on research in unpublished letters, legal documents and financial records, including some concerning the Adam house, as well as published diaries, letters and memoirs, it shows that he may have left no enduring legacy of his many talents, as even his friends admitted, but he made the most of all the opportunities available and lived a fascinating life which illuminates every aspect of Georgian elite society, from auctions to zoology, from care of one’s wig to building an observatory, and from mishaps in Venice to sea-therapy in Brighton.
Author: James Tregaskis
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: St. Louis Public Library
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Author: Aleyn Lyell Reade
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Published: 1933
Total Pages: 260
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 874
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wilfrid Prest
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-01-26
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0199652015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLawyer, politician, poet, teacher and architect, William Blackstone was a major figure in 18th century public life, and pivotal in the history of law. Despite the influence of his work, Blackstone the man remains little known. This book, Blackstone's first scholarly biography, sheds light on the life, work, and society of a neglected figure.