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political porn

…But the intellectual and philosophical criticism of the French monarchy during the French Revolution never compared in number with the pornographic novels and squibs. One of the most popular clandestine novels was Les Amours de Charlot et Toinette. It is … Continue reading

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crises in cookery: napoleon at marengo

Food need not be a mere necessity of life. Down through the ages, there have been many great moments in cookery… It was Napoleon who reputedly remarked that an army marches on its stomach. Whatever can be said of other … Continue reading

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malraux: wanting to believe in the song of history

…The trouble is that Malraux appeared to find himself in that unhappiest position of a man who wants to believe but cannot. However, a substitute faith- in art or anything else- offers no real way for the atheist or the … Continue reading

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like the highlands?

“Who can like the Highlands?” answered Dr. Johnson.And so the famous trip through the Scottish Highlands drew to a close, to be immortalized in James Boswell’s journal. It was a snapshot in time, of the wild ways of the Hebrides … Continue reading

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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

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meeting of the minds….

“Who can like the Highlands?” asked Dr. 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… At Auchinleck, Dr. Johnson, a vehement Tory, … Continue reading

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going home: blades of grass

James Boswell induced Samuel Johnson in 1773, who pretended that he detested Scotsmen and despised their barren country, to venture across the Scottish border and, not only spend some days in Edinburgh, but penetrate the barbaric Highlands and undertake a … Continue reading

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boswell: poonch and the holy resolutions

James Boswell’s major coup was the one that he achieved during August 1773 when he induced Samuel Johnson, who pretended that he detested Scotsmen and despised their barren country, to venture across the Scottish border and, not only to spend … Continue reading

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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

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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

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