Record Number: 22106

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson] The Bishop, to whom I had the honour to be known several years ago, shews me much attention; and I am edified by his conversation. I must not omit to tell you, that his Lordship admires, very highly, your "Prefaces to the Poets".'

Century:

Date:

Until: 22 Oct 1779

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Beilby Porteus

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

8 May 1731

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Lord Bishop of Chester

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Johnson

Title:

Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22106

Source:

Print

Author:

James Boswell

Editor:

R.W. Chapman

Title:

Life of Johnson

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

1041

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 1041, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22106, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Originally published 1791.