...ordinary tourist. In the 1700s, Dr. Samuel Johnson had confessed that "a man who has not been to Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected that a man should see."3 In the following century, Thomas Cook and his son, John, did more than anyone...

...the kind permission of Cambridge University Press. i. Introduction A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. Samuel Johnson, who did not visit Italy, in Boswell's Life of Johnson, 11 April 1776 Protracted travel...

...the Library of Congress. ISBN: 0-8065-2399-9 To my mother and father A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see ... all our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages,...

...civilization. Essayist Samuel Johnson remarked in the 1770s that "a man who has not been to Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected that a man should see" (Lofgren 1999). It was the grand tour that gave us the word "tourism." Thomas...

...who has not seen Italy/ said Dr Johnson, the English writer, 'is always conscious of an inferiority. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.' The Grand Tourists' fathers spent as much as £10 000 a year, for three to five years, to round off...

...it tins way. What he actually said (as reported by Boswell) was, "A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean" (Bosuiell's Life of Johnson, ed. George Birkbeck Hill [New York: Harper & Brothers, nd], 4 1 -42)....

...not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority", bemerkte Dr. Johnson 1776 und fügte hinzu: „The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranian,"2 Lord James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson. Ed. GB Hill, rev. LF Powell. Oxford...

...Roman monuments and picturesque landscapes. "The man who has not been to Italy," wrote Samuel Johnson, "is always conscious of an inferiority from his not having seen what is expected a man should see."7 The lessons of the Grand Tour were more personalized by Sir John Soane...

...school for the aristocracy. "Sir," pronounced Dr. Samuel Johnson, "a man who has not been to Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."3 An Excursion to Acquire Taste Until the late sixteenth century, the journey through...

...Samuel Johnson (1709-84), who never visited Italy, remarked that 'a man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not...having seen what it is expected a man should see'. These remarks are quoted frequently to demonstrate the cultural and social power of the grand tour....