Johnson & Boswell’s Tour of Scotland: 250th anniversary

28 Sep, Edinburgh. Free (booking essential)

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of #SamuelJohnson & #JamesBoswell’s iconic tour of #Scotland, with a reading of Noble Prospects, a new play recounting the duo’s journey – followed by a panel of experts in #Scottish #history & #literature who will reflect on the context, consequences & significance of the Tour over the last 250 years

#18thCentury

@litstudies

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/johnson-boswells-tour-of-scotland-250th-anniversary-tickets-686441493987

"Great works are performed, not by strength... but by perseverance." - Samuel Johnson #Perseverance #ThursdayMotivation #QuoteOfTheDay #ContinuousImprovement #Coaching #LyonStrategic #SamuelJohnson

Useless quote for 17 Mar:

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."

~ Samuel Johnson (1759)

#UselessQuote #SamuelJohnson

“The real state of sublunary nature…partakes of #GoodAndEvil, #joy & sorrow, mingled with endless variety of proportion.”

-#SamuelJohnson #WSJ, “Review”

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

#SamuelJohnson (1709 – 1784)

RT @tmccormick
"The town is my element; there are my friends, there are my books, to which I have not yet bidden farewell, and there are my amusements."
—#SamuelJohnson (1709-84), on returning to London to die. Letter to Boswell, Oct 25, 1784.
https://archive.org/details/lifesamueljohns59boswgoog/page/542/mode/1up?view=theater c/@brianlibby

"The town is my element; there are my friends, there are my books, to which I have not yet bidden farewell, and there are my amusements."
—#SamuelJohnson (1709-84), on returning to London to die. Letter to Boswell, Oct 25, 1784.
https://archive.org/details/lifesamueljohns59boswgoog/page/542/mode/1up?view=theater c/@brianlibby

I watched one of those rolling #BBC4 programmes about the ancient world and wondered if some ancient #Phoenician #SamuelJohnson ever said ‘Tired of #Tyre, tired of life’.

Lichfield in the cold and dark is a pretty pleasant place

#Lichfield #Staffordshire #photography #SamuelJohnson

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.”
― Samuel Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson

#Bot #Quote #Friendship #SamuelJohnson

@winelove #Lichfield - another #cathedral city, but quite small. Birthplace of #SamuelJohnson, #DavidGarrick, #EliasAshmole and home to #ErasmusDarwin (grandfather of Charles). Also fictional birthplace of #Shardlake.

#Wordle News 🗒

"#Wordle frustration inspires #Cambridge #Dictionary's
'Word of the Year'" ...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/uk/cambridge-word-year-wordle-intl-scli-gbr-spt/index.html via #CNN

🔤💥🧮💥📊 ...
#WordleEffect #Etymology

#InkAndIncapability 🤕📜(#BlackAdder flashbacks) ...
paging #SamuelJohnson 💌

I didn't open this yesterday because I thought it was one of the many giant books I have ordered for research, but no! It's The Oxford Handbook of Samuel Johnson! I am chapter 31, Doubt, which contains some material I have been revising since 2005, and has been rolling around in my brain getting smooth all that time. #18thcentury #SamuelJohnson #Johnsonians

@gemlog @fitheach
"No man ever wished it longer." #SamuelJohnson said of *Paradise Lost*. But I did enjoy it, many years ago.