Record Number: 21566
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.�We walked round the palace, and had some talk.�I dined with our whole company at the Monastery.�In the library, "Beroald",�"Cymon",�"Titus", from Boccace.�"Oratio Proverbialis" to the Virgin, from Petrarch; Falkland to Sandys;�Dryden's Preface to the third vol. of Miscellanies.' [Boswell's footnote: 'He means, I suppose, that he read those different pieces, while he remained in the library'.]
Century:1700-1799
Date:25 Oct 1775
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Versailles
specific address: library at St Cloud
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Sep 1709
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[preface to his 'Poetical Miscellanies', vol. 3]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
in the library at St Cloud Monastery
Source Information:
Record ID:21566
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:653-4
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 653-4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21566, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Original date of publication 1791. Johnson was in France with the Thrales.
