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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799' [Letter from Johnson to Boswell] Last night I corrected the last page of our "Journey to the Hebrides".' Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland. Print: proofs
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here now are two speeches ascribed to him, both of which w...Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson[speeches attributed to Lord Chesterfield]Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writings with a wonderful frankness and candour, and would ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Essays", which he liked very well, and his own "Prince ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaPrint: 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'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 Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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 Samuel PatersonAnother Traveller: or Cursory Remarks and Critical...Print: Book
1700-1799'"Sir, (continued he) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners; and [italics] there [end italics] is the difference...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of the French novels, compared with Richardson's, he said, they might be pretty baubles, but a wren was not an eagle'. [account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London p...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, "he was a blockhead :" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so strange an assertion, he said, "What I mean by his being...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'To Richardson as a Writer he gave the highest Praises, but mentioning his unquenchable Thirst after Applause That Man said he could not be content to sail gently down th...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson Print: Book
1700-1799'I read (said he [Johnson],) Sharpe's letters on Italy over again, when I was at Bath. There is a great deal of matter in them.'Samuel Johnson Samuel SharpLetters from Italy, describing the Customs and Man...Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Mayo having asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's "View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion";--JOHNSON. "I think it a pretty book; not very theolo...Samuel Johnson Soame JenynsView of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Rel...Print: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] In the latter part of his life, in order to satisfy himself whether his mental faculties were impair...Samuel Johnson Thomas a KempisImitation of ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Thomas Astle] Your notes on Alfred appear to me very judicious and accurate, but they are too few. Many things familiar to you, are unknown to me...Samuel Johnson Thomas Astle[notes on the will of King Alfred]Print: Book
1700-1799'Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties'.Samuel Johnson Thomas Birch[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked of Mr. Blacklock's poetry, so far as it was descriptive of visible objects; and observed, that "as its author had the misfortune to be blind, we may be absolut...Samuel Johnson Thomas Blacklock[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, April 29, he and I made an excursion to Bristol, where I was entertained with seeing him enquire upon the spot, into the authenticity of 'Rowley's Poetry,' as...Samuel Johnson Thomas Chatterton[poems supposedly by Thomas Rowley]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson said of Chatterton, "This is the most extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge. It is wonderful how the whelp has written such things".' Samuel Johnson Thomas Chatterton[poems supposedly by Thomas Rowley]Manuscript: Unknown
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 Thomas CoryatCoryat's Crudities: Hastily gobled up in Five Mone...Print: Book


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