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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the force of Ridicule! - on the contrary my dearest replies ...Samuel Johnson George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799"Samuel Johnson ... annotated a copy of a religious work in 1755 so he could exchange views with a woman he loved, Hill Boothby."Samuel Johnson religious workPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'[Johnson said] There is in "Camden's Remains", an epitaph upon a very wicked man, who was killed by a fall from his horse, in which he is supposed to say, 'Between t...Samuel Johnson William CamdenRemains Concerning BritainPrint: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travels in Spain', which are just come out. They are as go...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonRemarks on Several Parts of ItalyPrint: Book
1700-1799'I found him at home in the morning. He praised Delany's "Observations on Swift ;" said that his book and Lord Orrery's might both be true, though one viewed Swift more, ...Samuel Johnson John Boyle, 5th earl of OrreryRemarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan S...Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] The little volumes entitled "Respublicae", which are very well done, were a bookseller's work'. Samuel Johnson RespublicaePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the ec...Samuel Johnson Rene Aubert VertotRévolutions romains Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the ec...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithRoman History From The Foundation of The City of R...Print: Book
1700-1799'[Dr Johnson] expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd, for having published a mutilated edition under the title of "Select Works of Abraham Cowley". Mr. Murphy thought i...Samuel Johnson Abraham CowleySelected WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'A book of travels, lately published under the title of [italics] Coriat Junior [end italics], and written by Mr. Paterson, was mentioned. Johnson said, this book was in ...Samuel Johnson Laurence SterneSentimental Journey, APrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London-based priest friend of Johnson] He much commended Law's "Serious Call", which he said was the finest piece of hortatory t...Samuel Johnson William LawSerious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Print: Book
1700-1799'"When at Oxford, I took up Law's "Serious Call to a Holy Life", expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found L...Samuel Johnson William LawSerious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, APrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Please to return Dr. Blair thanks for his sermons. The Scotch write English wonderfully well.'Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson] praised Blair's sermons: "Yet", said he, (willing to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame, however deserved, is not always the most lasting,) "perhap...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said of Rev. Zacariah Mudge] The general course of his life was determined by his profession; he studied the sacred volumes in the original languages; with what...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He pressed me to study Dr. Clarke and to read his Sermons. I asked him why he pressed Dr. Clarke, an Arian. "Because, (said he) he is fullest on the propitiatory sacrifi...Samuel Johnson Samuel ClarkeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having expressed doubt about the power of prayer, Johnson] mentioned Dr. Clarke and Bishop Bramhall on "Liberty and Necessity", and bid me read South's "Sermons...Samuel Johnson SouthSermons on PrayerPrint: Book
1700-1799'Though he had no taste for painting, he admired much the manner in which Sir Joshua Reynolds treated of his art, in his "Discourses to the Royal Academy". He observed on...Samuel Johnson Joshua ReynoldsSeven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy Print: Book


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