13 results filtered with: Boredom
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A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [between 1750 and 1759?]Reference: 2497721i- Books
Holy fire / Bruce Sterling.
Sterling, Bruce.Date: 1996
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Four conversations in which one speaker annoys the other. Coloured etching, 1800.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.Date: Nov. 9th 1800Reference: 493409iPart of: Pigmy revels or all alive at Lilliput- Books
Fatigue and boredom in repetitive work / by S. Wyatt and J.N. Langdon ; assisted by F.G.L. Stock.
Wyatt, S. (Stanley)Date: 1937- Books
Holy fire : a novel / Bruce Sterling.
Sterling, Bruce.Date: 1997, ©1996
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A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: Feb. 11 1784Reference: 33167i- Books
Boredom : a lively history / Peter Toohey.
Toohey, Peter, 1951-Date: 2011- Books
L'ennui : histoire d'un état d'âme, XIXe-XXe siècle / sous la direction de Pascale Goestchel [and others].
Date: 2012- E-books
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Experience without qualities : boredom and modernity / Elizabeth S. Goodstein.
Goodstein, Elizabeth S.Date: 2005- Books
A philosophy of boredom / Lars Svendsen ; translated by John Irons.
Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-Date: 2005
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World War One: three French prisoners of war slouching in a prison yard. Colour halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956.Reference: 24576i- Pictures
A bored woman seated. Drawing by F. Coppard, 1968.
Coppard, Fay, active approximately 1968.Date: 20.5.68 [20 May 1968]Reference: 2921876iPart of: Adamson Collection
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An army officer lectures his bored class on the effects of gas, one student is made to wear a gas mask while another wickedly tries to set light to it. Pen and ink drawing by H. Bury, 1916.
Bury, Horace.Date: 1916Reference: 24074i