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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping Stone or so; but you must always so dirty your Feet b...Samuel Johnson John Dryden Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson [various works of classics and literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson Anacreon Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson Hesiod Print: Book
1700-1799'What philosophy suggests to us on this topick [the possibility of life after death] is probable: what Scripture tells us is certain. Dr. Henry More has carried it as far...Samuel Johnson Henry More[theological works]Print: Book
1700-1799'When he [Johnson] was a child in petticoats, and had learnt to read, Mrs Johnson one morning put the common prayer-book into his hands, pointed to the collect for the da...Samuel Johnson Book of Common Prayer [collect for the day]Print: Book
1700-1799'When I pointed out to him in the newspaper one of Mr. Grattan's animated and glowing speeches, in favour of the freedom of Ireland, in which this expression occurred (I ...Samuel Johnson [a newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'When I shewed him [Johnson] his Character next day - for he would see it; he said it was a very fine Piece of Writing; and that I had improved upon [italics] Young [end ...Samuel Johnson Hester Lynch Thrale[MS 'character' of Johnson]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and you think yourselves very great men. Hume would never...Samuel Johnson William RobertsonHistory of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and you think yourselves very great men. Hume would never...Samuel Johnson David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and you think yourselves very great men. Hume would never...Samuel Johnson Voltaire[books of history]Print: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and you think yourselves very great men. Hume would never...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'when talking on the subject of prayer [to Johnson on his deathbed], Dr. Brocklesby repeated from Juvenal,-- "Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano", and s...Samuel Johnson JuvenalTenth SatirePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Wyndham and Johnson were talking of Miss Burney's new Novel - 'Tis far superior to Fielding's, says Mr Johnson; her Characters are nicer discriminated, and less prominen...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyCeciliaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[according to Thomas Campbell] he begged of me that when I returned to Ireland, I would endeavour to procure for him a poem of Dr Madden's called "Boulter's Monument". T...Samuel Johnson Samuel MaddenBoulter's MonumentManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[At the home of the Quaker Mr Lloyd] I having asked to look at Baskerville's edition of "Barclay's Apology", Johnson laid hold of it; and the chapter on baptism happenin...Samuel Johnson Robert BarclayApology for the True Christian DivinityPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having complained that he was suffering from melancholy, Johnson wrote] 'Read Cheyne's "English Malady"; but do not let him teach you a foolish notion that mela...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, ThePrint: 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 John BramhallDiscourse of Liberty and Necessity Print: 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'[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


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