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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- Books
Melancholy and society / Wolf Lepenies ; translated by Jeremy Gaines and Doris Jones.
Lepenies, Wolf.Date: 1992
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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