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Tag Archives: George Macaulay Trevelyan
dark ages and rages and sages
A thousand years ago the “dark ages” were dark, but maybe not as dark as we imagine today. Certainly, our forebears themselves did not think so, and they were only half wrong… …In Latin, only a few love songs and … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Gibbon, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Hatto I Archbishop of Mainz, Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, Hucbald monk of St.-Amand, jean fouquet, King Alfred ninth century, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Saint Dinstan famous organ, The Dark Ages, Umberto Eco
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columba: kells for the perplexed
…When Ireland’s freedom and isolation were finally shattered, Iona’s monastery, like those on the mainland, was destroyed by steel and flame. Of all that passionate industry- the splendor of manuscripts lovingly illuminated, the artistry, the composing- few relics of stature … Continue reading
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Tagged Finnian of Moville, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Giraldus Cambrensis, King Aidan of Argyll, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Saint Columba, Saint Columba Ireland, Saint Columba Loch Ness Monster, Saint Columba of Iona, The Book of Kells
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highlands: linen in the seraglio
James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson’s tour to the Scottish Highlands in 1773…. Boswell, too, was more concerned with the study of human character. Samuel Johnson was a more fascinating subject than any cliff or stream or ruined castle- the … Continue reading
boswell and johnson: mull-ing the coll of the wild
” that we might there contemplate a system of life almost totally different from what we have been accustomed to see,” and “find simplicity and wildness…” But it needed a great deal of quiet diplomacy to overcome Johnson’s natural sloth. … Continue reading
Johnson and Boswell: doctor their eyes in a tempest
The immortal tour of the Scottish Highlands by James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1773. “Who can like the Highlands?” asked Dr. Johnson after Boswell had dragged him from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the Lowlands. … Continue reading
boswell and johnson: road show
“Who can like the Highlands?” asked Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1773. James Boswell. The James Boswell had persuaded Johnson to embark on this tour and proceeded to drag him from Edinburgh to Inverness to Sky and back to the Lowlands. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles H. Bennett, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone Shakespearian scholar, Fora Macdonald jacobite heroine, Frederick A. Pottle, George Macaulay Trevelyan, James Boswell, Lou Reed, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Samuel Collings, Thomas Rowlandson
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dr. johnson and iona: fruitful but ignorant bliss
On the tour of the Scottish Highlands with James Boswell in 1773 ,Johnson nearly sixty-four, nearly deaf, corpulent, and short sighted, penetrated the barbaric Highlands and undertook a tour around the Hebrides. … Saint Martin’s Cross, erected before the eleventh … Continue reading
boswell and johnson: highlands hopping
“Who can like the Highlands?” asked Dr. Samuel Johnson after James Boswell had dragged him from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour… …he had been “quite hurt,” … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles H. Bennett, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone Shakespearian scholar, Frederick A. Pottle, George Macaulay Trevelyan, James Boswell, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Samuel Collings, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Rowlandson
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