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Life of Samuel Johnson
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell is a 1791 biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a universal critical and popular success, a
James Boswell at 25, by George Willison
James Boswell at 25, by George Willison
Samuel Johnson in his later years
Samuel Johnson in his later years
Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician who is widely credited as the founder of the cultural and political philosophy of conservatism. Regarded as one of the most influent
Life of Samuel Johnson
…has continued to be examined and many more details have been added" because "it is so close to general human experience in a wide variety of ways". Edmund Burke told King George III that the work entertained him more than any other. Robert Anderson, in his Works of the British Poets (1795), wrote: "With some…
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1774
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1774
1882 illustration of Burke
1882 illustration of Burke
Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
In A Vindication of Natural Society, Burke argued: "The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up
In A Vindication of Natural Society, Burke argued: "The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own."