Samuel Johnson [ Art and Literature ]
… and conversational life in London. He loved the activities of intelligent society, and was instrumental in forming clubs for the opportunities to engage in them. He was aware of his intellectual superiority and had a tendency to seek to … several long-standing and loyal female friends. People > Art and Literature Mots-clés Celebrity Conversation Depression Clubs Fame Gender Unkempt, ungainly, uncouth, with appallingly gluttonous table manners, aggressively loud, rude and … (and the word itself is Johnsonian), Johnson stood out as a clubbable man, and indeed as a great founder of clubs. The best known is The Literary Club, of which he was co-founder with Joshua Reynolds in 1764. It included among …
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