In this groundbreaking portrait of Samuel Johnson, Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted ...

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TOBIN , GEORGE ( 1768-1838 ) , rear- admiral , second son of James Tobin of ... in author of ' The Honey Moon , ' born at Salis- 1780 on board the ... ( d . 726 ) , bishop of Rochester , is said to have been a native of Kent and ...

TOBIN , GEORGE ( 1768-1838 ) , rear- admiral , second son of James Tobin of ... in author of The Honey Moon , ' born at Salis- 1780 on board the ... ( d . 726 ) , bishop of Rochester , is said to have been a native of Kent and ...

In one of the funniest works in the English language, P. G. Wodehouse charms, delights, and occasionally surprises the reader with his shrewd parody of the carefree lives of the English elite.

Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee. TOBIN , GEORGE ( 1768-1838 ) , rear- admiral ... in author of ' The Honey Moon , ' born at Salis- 1780 on board the ... ( d . 726 ) , bishop of Rochester , is said to have been a native of Kent and ...

Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.

From prehistory and the discovery of fire to modern cuisines and celebrity chefs, this book uses a global, multicultural approach to explain how major historical events have affected and defined culinary traditions in different societies ...