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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to John Hoole] I have returned your play, which you will find underscored with red, where there was a word which I did not like. The red will be was...Samuel Johnson John HooleCleoniceManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson John Jortin[Sermons]Print: Unknown
'We had a quiet comfortable meeting at Mr. Dilly's; nobody there but ourselves. Mr. Dilly mentioned somebody having wished that Milton's "Tractate on Education" should be...Samuel Johnson John LockeSome Thoughts Concerning EducationPrint: Unknown
'We had a quiet comfortable meeting at Mr. Dilly's; nobody there but ourselves. Mr. Dilly mentioned somebody having wished that Milton's "Tractate on Education" should be...Samuel Johnson John MiltonTractate: Of Education Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'Mrs. Kennicot related, in his [Johnson's] presence, a lively saying of Dr. Johnson to Miss Hannah More, who had expressed a wonder that the poet who had written "Paradis...Samuel Johnson John Milton Print: Book
1700-1799'He censured a writer of entertaining Travels for assuming a feigned character, saying, (in his sense of the word,) "He carries out one lye; we know not how many he bring...Samuel Johnson John Moore[travels]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Tuesday the 5th of July, I again visited Johnson. He told me he had looked into the poems of a pretty voluminous writer, Mr. (now Dr.) John Ogilvie, one of the Presby...Samuel Johnson John Ogilvie[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Scott of Amwell's "Elegies" were lying in the room. Dr. Johnson observed "They are very well; but such as twenty people might write." Upon this I took occasion to co...Samuel Johnson John Scott[Elegies]Print: Book
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson John Tillotson[Sermons]Print: Unknown
'We talked of antiquarian researches. JOHNSON. "All that is really known of the ancient state of Britain is contained in a few pages. We can know no more than what the ol...Samuel Johnson John WhitakerHistory of ManchesterPrint: 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'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 John George KeyslerTravels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzer...Print: Book
1700-1799'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to which he was to write Prefaces. Dr. Taylor (the onl...Samuel Johnson John Wilmot, Lord Rochester[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising upward. it was in the Form of an Urn: here are some pr...Samuel Johnson Jonathan Odell[verses on Franklin's stove]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. Johnson. "Swift has a higher reputation than he deserves. His excellence is strong sens...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Swift having been mentioned, Johnson, as usual, treated him with little respect as an author. Some of us endeavoured to support the Dean of St. Patrick's, by various arg...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftThe Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministr...Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPlan for the Improvement of the English Language Print: Book


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