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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'In this letter [to Boswell from Mr Mickle] he relates his having, while engaged in translating the "Lusiad", had a dispute of considerable length with Johnson, who, as u...Samuel Johnson Luis Vaz de CamoensLusiadsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[william Mickle said] Dr. Johnson told me in 1772, that, about twenty years before that time, he himself had a design to translate the "Lusiad", of the merit of which he...Samuel Johnson Luis Vaz de CamoensLusiadsPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to bookseller Mr Dilly] There is in the world a set of books which used to be sold by the booksellers on the bridge, and which I must entreat you t...Samuel Johnson Richard BurtonAdmirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in En...Print: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to bookseller Mr Dilly] There is in the world a set of books which used to be sold by the booksellers on the bridge, and which I must entreat you t...Samuel Johnson Richard BaxterCall to the Unconverted to Turn and LivePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'I have just advanced so far towards recovery as to read a pamphlet; and you may reasonably suppose that the first pamphlet which I read...Samuel Johnson James BoswellLetter to the People of Scotland on the Present St...Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'He had dined that day [30th May 1784] at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put into his hands her beautiful "Ode on the...Samuel Johnson Helen Maria WilliamsOde on the Peace, AnPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr. Newton, the Bishop of Bristol, having been mentioned, Johnson, recollecting the manner in which he had been censured by that Prelate, thus retaliated:-"Tom knew he s...Samuel Johnson Thomas NewtonDissertations on the Prophecies Which Have Remarka...Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Newton, the Bishop of Bristol, having been mentioned, Johnson, recollecting the manner in which he had been censured by that Prelate, thus retaliated:-"Tom knew he s...Samuel Johnson Thomas NewtonAccount of his Own LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'Next morning at breakfast, [10th June 1784] he pointed out a passage in Savage's "Wanderer", saying, "These are fine verses". "If (said he) I had written with hostility ...Samuel Johnson Richard SavageWanderer, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'On Friday, June 11, we talked at breakfast, of forms of prayer. JOHNSON. "I know of no good prayers but those in the 'Book of Common Prayer'". DR. ADAMS, (in a very earn...Samuel Johnson Book of Common PrayerPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Friday, June 11, we talked at breakfast, of forms of prayer. JOHNSON. "I know of no good prayers but those in the 'Book of Common Prayer'". DR. ADAMS, (in a very earn...Samuel Johnson [various books of prayer]Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "I do not approve of figurative expressions in addressing the Supreme Being; and I never use them. Taylor gives a very good advice: 'Never lie in your prayers; ...Samuel Johnson Jeremy TaylorGolden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and li...Print: Book
1700-1799'[present at tea on June 12th was] the Reverend Herbert Croft, who, I am afraid, was somewhat mortified by Dr. Johnson's not being highly pleased with some "Family Discou...Samuel Johnson Herbert Croft[Family Discourses]Print: Book
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'[speaking of some verses in the notes to Pope's Dunciad, Boswell and Miss Seward wonder who they are by] He was prompt with his answer: "Why, Sir, they were written by o...Samuel Johnson Mr Lewis[verses on Pope in notes to the 'Dunciad']Print: Book
1700-1799'These Voyages, (pointing to the three large volumes of "Voyages to the South Sea", which were just come out) who will read them through? A man had better work his way be...Samuel Johnson [books of Voyages to the South Seas]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Wednesday, June 19, Dr. Johnson and I returned to London; he was not well to-day, and said very little, employing himself chiefly in reading Euripides'. Samuel Johnson Euripides 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'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'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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