Word: richardson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your reviewer a copy of Samuel Richardson's Pamela [TIME, Dec. 14] ? I think he might enjoy it, in spite of the prejudice he seems to have absorbed from one of those histories of the English novel we all had to read in college. Pamela-or at least the first half of it-is one of the most amusing books in the language, and it is hard to see why [Henry] Fielding or anyone else should imagine that its author did not intend it to be amusing. I seriously doubt that "most of London enjoyed a good cry" over...
...Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott designed the building...
When Samuel Richardson wrote the first modern English novel, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, a 1740 tearjerker about an innocent serving maid and her lecherous master, most of London enjoyed a good cry. But the plight of Pamela Andrews, often fighting with her back to the bedroom wall, seems to have given Richardson's friend and fellow-novelist, Henry Fielding (Tom Jones), a hearty laugh instead, or at least the idea for a bawdy satire. Within six months, he pseudonymously penned An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, a short but exact parody* written, like Pamela...
Philadelphia's Democratic District Attorney Richardson Dilworth, who had helped lead the city's Democrats to power in 1951, was baffled. Said he: "I just don't understand it." Republican Leader William F. Meade, after recovering from surprise, thought it was easy to understand. Said he: "The Democratic Party lost because of its bad record of performance...
...Waco, Baylorites got wind of the news and launched a counter-whammy: they bought up all the green candles in town and set them alight. Dr. William Richardson White, president of Baylor, a football hotblood himself, turned up at a feverish pre-game rally, reminded his listeners that Texas had spoiled Baylor streaks before, and promised: "This year it's going to be different...