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Chapter 46 - War

from Part III - Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

By
John Richardson
Edited by
Jack Lynch
Jack Lynch
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
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Summary

WAR. n.s. [werre, old Dutch; guerre, Fr.]

War may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance being the essential parts thereof. Violence, limited by authority, is sufficiently distinguished from robbery, and the like outrages; yet consisting in relation towards others, it necessarily requires a supposition of resistance, whereby the force of war becomes different from the violence inflicted upon slaves or yielding malefactors. Raleigh.

Johnson’s capacity for independence, even contrariness, was diminished neither by his country’s being at war nor by the patriotism which often goes with that.

The glorious Fifty-Nine

The Seven Years’ War (1756–63) was such an extensive conflict that it has been called “the first world war.” It involved all the major European powers, and its theaters included North America, Europe, and India. By the time it ended, there was a new balance of power in Europe and a new, vast British empire in the world.

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Samuel Johnson in Context , pp. 393 - 399
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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Smollett, TobiasThe Adventures of Roderick RandomOxfordOxford University Press 1979

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  • War
  • Edited by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • Book: Samuel Johnson in Context
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047852.052
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  • War
  • Edited by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University, New Jersey
  • Book: Samuel Johnson in Context
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047852.052
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