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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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'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'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better than Madame Riccoboni's Tales [...] she lent it to Dr. Johnson. He was...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the WorldPrint: Book
1850-1899'Her [Mrs Sheridan's] novel, entitled "Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph", contains an excellent moral, while it inculcates a future state of retribution; and what it teac...Samuel Johnson Frances SheridanMemoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Sir, this book ("The Elements of Criticism", which he had taken up,) is a pretty essay, and deserves to be held in some estimation, though much of it is chimerical'.Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1850-1899'At this time the controversy concerning the pieces published by Mr James Macpherson as translations of [italics] Ossian [end italics], was at its height. Johnson had all...Samuel Johnson James MacphersonFragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highl...Print: Book
1850-1899'His [Colley Cibber's] friends gave out that he [italics] intended [end italics] his birth-day "Odes" should be bad: but that was not the case, Sir; for he kept them many...Samuel Johnson Colley Cibber[Odes]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'"Cibber's familiar style, however, was better than that which Whitehead has assumed. [italics] Grand [end italics] nonsense is insupportable. Whitehead is but a little m...Samuel Johnson William Whitehead[poem on Garrick]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Sir, I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination, nor much command of words. The obscurity in which he has involved himself will not persuade us...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Dr John Campbell, the celebrated political and biographical writer, being mentioned, Johnson said, "Campbell is a man of much knowledge, and has a good share of imaginat...Samuel Johnson John CampbellHermippus Redivivus: Or, the Sage's Triumph Over O...Print: Book
1850-1899'He talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry, observing, that "it had a temporary currency, only from its audacity of abuse, and being filled with living names, a...Samuel Johnson Charles Churchill[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque "Ode on St. Cecilia's day, adapted to the ancient British music, viz. the salt-box, the jews- harp, the marrow-bones and ...Samuel Johnson Bonnell ThorntonOde on St. Cecilia's day, adapted to the ancient B...Print: Unknown
1850-1899I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings. But surely it has just v...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Connoisseur, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thinking of Johnson's writings. But surely it has just v...Samuel Johnson [n/a]World, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
'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
'He [Johnson] said, "I read yesterday Dr. Blair's sermon on Devotion, from the text 'Cornelius, a devout man.' His doctrine is the best limited, the best expressed: there...Samuel Johnson Hugh Blair[Sermon on Devotion]Print: Unknown
'He [Johnson] said, "I have been reading Lord Kames's 'Sketches of the History of Man'. In treating of severity of punishment, he mentions that of Madame Lapouchin, in Ru...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'He [Johnson] said, "I have been reading Lord Kames's 'Sketches of the History of Man'. In treating of severity of punishment, he mentions that of Madame Lapouchin, in Ru...Samuel Johnson Jean Chappe d'Auteroche Print: Book
'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
'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 Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book


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