10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLUBABLE»
Discover the use of
clubable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
clubable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Three Deaths and Enlightenment Thought: Hume, Johnson, Marat
Reynolds was what the eighteenth century called clubable. Johnson respected
religious people, but he preferred the company of clubable people (if someone
was clubable and religious that was all the better). Though Johnson admired the
...
2
Members Only: Elite Clubs and The Process of Exclusion
The Gentlemen's Club and the “Clubable Disposition” In the early gentlemen's
clubs of London, having a “clubable disposition” was the most important criteria
for membership. Having a clubable disposition meant that a person was sociable
...
3
Memoirs of a Lost Island
“Boswell. is. a. very. clubable. man.” —Dr. Samuel Johnson FOR SUCH a small
community, Nantucket seems to have a very large population of Boswells—and a
club to match the whim of each and every one. Our contemporary Boswell would
...
4
Conversation: A History of a Declining Art
According to Patricia Craddock, "Gibbon remained 'clubable' throughout his life."
Being clubbable, a word coined by Johnson, was a widely admired trait. Johnson
said that Boswell was "a very clubable man," but he said that Sir John Hawkins ...
5
Ralph Waldo Emerson in Context
Alfred G. Litton In 1885, Julia Ward Howe wrote that “The word 'clubable' is, I
believe, of English origin. Would one have supposed it likely to apply to Mr.
Emerson? It did, I think. He was clubable; that is, capable of enjoying a mixed
company ...
To Dr. Johnson is due the word ' clubable and in speaking of Boswell as a '
clubable' man, he implied that the biographer was sociable, good-tempered, and
intelligent. Judging by the marvellous increase of clubs nowadays, it is fair in
some ...
Shakespeare. a. Rotariain? A. discerning. study. of. the. "Clubable". Man. rYy H E
question will provoke the customary smiles of superiority, but inasmuch as the
Bard of Avon was a master of his craft, well schooled in life, tolerant, kindly, ...
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Half-hours of blind man's holiday; or, Summer and winter ...
CLUBABLE WOMEN. To Dr. Johnson is due the word ' clubable ;' and in
speaking of Boswell as a ' clubable' man, he implied that the biographer was
sociable, good-tempered, and intelligent. Judging by the marvellous increase of
clubs ...
William Wilthew Fenn,
1878
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
But when there are enough clubs to take in all who are clubable, what will be the
effect of making those who are not clubable so conspicuous? And yet where and
how can the line be drawn against founding more clubs? That is something to ...
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The Papers of Robert A. Taft
On the other hand his personality is not very agreeable, and I should think that
his clubable qualities were nil. While respected, I think it is fair to say that he is
generally unpopular in Cincinnati, although he has, of course, a number of
friends ...
Robert Alphonso Taft, Clarence E. Wunderlin,
1997
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLUBABLE»
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clubable is used in the context of the following news items.
Miriam Lord: Party time for older Soldiers of Destiny
Irish-speakers of the clubable sort, who also happen to be early risers, are in for a May Day treat. Uachtarán Shinn Féin, Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
IN PICTURES: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 175th …
... in 1840 as this very moneyed, male, chummy clubable sort of thing, and has evolved through a series of developments like the Second World ... «Liverpool Echo, Jan 15»
Feminism: no longer a Left/Right divide
I am not a clubable woman. I won't even join a book club, because my contrarian nature would get me kicked out. Naturally I am not a feminist. «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 14»
Sing no sad songs for Ringo at 40
To point up the contrast between the Beatles at 20 and the Beatles at 40, he could tell many a clubable anecdote, sounding as if he's ready to pour himself ... «Boston.com, Jun 12»
Lewis Hamilton will win battle of the Brits with Jenson Button, says …
He was implicated in Ryan's departure. So Button, a clubable personality, could conceivably win hearts and minds in the garage and factory. «Daily Mail, Nov 09»
Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem
A member of the Downtown, Union, Church, Columbia, Devon and Maidstone Clubs, clubable Phelan Beale was not amused. Hit by a taxicab ... «Huffington Post, Jun 09»
Lords of finance
Emile Moreau, the less clubable governor of the Banque de France, was an obsessive hoarder of gold and tended to do his nation's own thing. «Economist, Jan 09»
Not tired of this life
We know a great deal about the clubable, august, witty side of Johnson in his later years of celebrity, from a rival no biographer will look forward ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 08»