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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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'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 [unknown][French novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues he deemed a nugatory performance. "That man, (said he,) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what the world had all his life been telli...Samuel Johnson George, first Lord LytteltonDialogues of the DeadPrint: Book
1700-1799'The poem of "Fingal", he said, was a mere unconnected rhapsody, a tiresome repetition of the same images. "In vain shall we look for the [italics] lucidus ordo [end ital...Samuel Johnson James MacPherson'Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem' [from Poems of Ossi...Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Boetius, who was the favourite writer of the middle ages, he said it was very surprising, that upon such a subject, and in such a situation, he should be [it...Samuel Johnson Boethius[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Arthur Murphy, whom he very much loved, "I don't know (said he) that Arthur can be classed with the very first dramatick writers; yet at present I doubt much...Samuel Johnson Arthur Murphy[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Homer, whom he venerated as the prince of poets, Johnson remarked that the advice given to Diomed by his father, when he sent him to the Trojan war, was the ...Samuel Johnson HomerIliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was last night at the Club. Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many [italics] fits [end italics]; it is pretty enough. He has printed, and will soon publish it.'Samuel Johnson Thomas PercyHermit of Warkworth, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799He had said in the morning that "Macaulay's 'History of St. Kilda' was very well written, except some foppery about liberty and slavery. I mentioned to him that Macaulay ...Samuel Johnson Kenneth MacaulayHistory of St KildaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I then reminded him of the schoolmaster's cause [a legal case on corporal punisment that Boswell was defending], and proposed to read to him the printed papers concernin...Samuel Johnson [unknown][legal case papers]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'The Swede [Mr Kristrom] went away, and Mr. Johnson continued his reading of the papers. I said, "I am afraid, Sir, it is troublesome to you." "Why, Sir (said he), I do n...Samuel Johnson [unknown][legal case papers]Print: Unknown
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'Boswell. "I do not know whether there are any well attested stories of the appearance of ghosts. You know there is a famous story of the appearance of Mrs. Veal, prefixe...Samuel Johnson Charles DrelincourtChristians Defense against the Fears of DeathPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "I see they have published a splendid edition of Akenside's works. One bad ode may be suffered; but a number of them together makes one sick." Boswell. "A...Samuel Johnson Mark AkensidePleasures of Imagination, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Dr Johnson] said, "Goldsmith's 'Life of Parnell' is poor; not that it is poorly written, but that he had poor materials; for nobody can write the life of a man but t...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithLife of Parnell Print: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Joseph Warton's "Essay on Pope"; but said, he supposed...Samuel Johnson Owen RuffheadLife of Alexander PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Joseph Warton's "Essay on Pope"; but said, he supposed...Samuel Johnson Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'The conversation now turned on critical subjects. Johnson. "Bayes, in 'The Rehearsal', is a mighty silly character. If it was intended to be like a particular man, it co...Samuel Johnson George Villiers, Second Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: 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 Henry FieldingTom JonesPrint: 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



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