Tag Archives: Thomas Rowlandson

scottify yourself

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Dave

Thomas Rowlandson’s engraving, below, records the scene at the Firth of Forth where James Boswell forced a piece of dried fish an Johnson as a means, he said, of “scottifying his palate…With difficulty I prevailed with him to let a … Continue reading →

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local hospitality: johnson & boswell on their rounds

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

The late summer of 1773 and James Boswell had succeeded in dragging Dr. Samuel Johnson, the Dr. Johnson, from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour… …Johnson and … Continue reading →

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earthquakes and lots of …bonking

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

Aftershocks. James Boswell’s infidelities. Henry Fielding. The general social and gaming scene of Georgian England from the royal family down to the masses. It was bawdy, it was bad, and despite the consternations of a William Hogarth it was so … Continue reading →

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boswell: hebride divinity

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

The adventures of James Boswell and Dr. Samuel Johnson on their tour of the Scottish Highlands; the wilds and the barbarous collide in the Hebrides As Boswell suggested to Johnson, “we might there contemplate a system of life almost totally … Continue reading →

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boswell and johnson: highlands hopping

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

“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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highlander: tourists in the wild

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dave

1773. James Boswell had dragged Samuel Johnson from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour… …Among the Western Islands, however, some traces of the feudal system lingered, and … Continue reading →

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road work: on the cusp of civilization

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dave

James Boswell had dragged Dr. Samuel Johnson from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour. “Who can like the Highlands?” asked Dr. Johnson… …So far they had had … Continue reading →

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boswell and johnson: on the road again

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dave

James Boswell dragged Dr. Samuel Johnson form Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back to the lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour. “Who can like the Highlands?,” asked Dr. Johnson… After some interesting conversations with the … Continue reading →

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like the highlands?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dave

Who can like the highlands? At least that was the question asked by Dr. Johnson after Boswell had dragged him from Edinburgh to Inverness to Skye and back from the Lowlands. Boswell could, and soon set about immortalizing the tour… … Continue reading →

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tea time

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Dave

Tea at the Boswells’: At rne past midnight the servant yawns and Boswell is asleep, but an unconcerned Dr. Johnson keeps on consuming tea and talking to Boswell’s long suffering wife. Boswell assured himself that his wife and his hero … Continue reading →

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