tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post7962407078892082919..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: An 18th Century GentlemanFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-49321063694554762992011-10-30T02:42:17.185+02:002011-10-30T02:42:17.185+02:00I suspect, when you called for a glass of port, yo...I suspect, when you called for a glass of port, you might well have quietly noticed the mask and pistols on my sideboard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-8529548631916185472011-10-23T10:48:09.542+02:002011-10-23T10:48:09.542+02:00'Your description is wonderfully vivid, and c...'Your description is wonderfully vivid, and carries <i>weight</i>, Sir, as though you had been a native of that island in mine own time,' says Dr Samuel Johnson, speaking to my inner ear across the centuries.<br /><br />But here is something he did actually say, pertinent to your essay:<br /><br />BOSWELL: 'Pray Mr. Dilly, how does Dr. Leland's <i>History of Ireland</i> sell?' JOHNSON (bursting forth with a generous indignation,) 'The Irish are in a most unnatural state; for we see there the minority prevailing over the majority. There is no instance, even in the ten persecutions, of such severity as that which the Protestants of Ireland have exercised against the Catholicks. Did we tell them we have conquered them, it would be above board: to punish them by confiscation and other penalties, as rebels, was monstrous injustice. King William was not their lawful sovereign: he had not been acknowledged by the Parliament of Ireland, when they appeared in arms against him.'<br /><br />(From a conversation of Friday, 7 May, 1773.)Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-32430203210964260262011-10-22T19:51:05.891+02:002011-10-22T19:51:05.891+02:00What a wonderful link, Gina! Thank you.
Claude co...What a wonderful link, Gina! Thank you.<br /><br />Claude commented on Facebook about the fact that women played so little a role in the 18th Century. Sadly, true - with the exception of the occasional woman such as Catherine the Great, it was very much a man's world.Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-54942934816141166362011-10-22T16:31:22.362+02:002011-10-22T16:31:22.362+02:00It may have okay being a woman in that time and pl...It may have okay being a woman in that time and place, providing one was intimately acquainted with Joshua Reynolds and his gentlemen friends. ;-)<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/reynolds/roomguide7.shtm</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-1804263590083591462011-10-21T23:35:07.294+02:002011-10-21T23:35:07.294+02:00Ah a good patrician, Francis! I am sure I would st...Ah a good patrician, Francis! I am sure I would still have been one of the peasants touching my forelock to you as you passed in your carriage, sor!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com