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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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'Rose [in a debate about the relative worth of Scottish and English writers] to make sure of the Victory - named Ferguson on Civil Society: I do not says Johnson perceive...Samuel Johnson Adam FergusonEssay on the History of Civil SocietyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Montague, a lady distinguished for having written an Essay on Shakspeare [sic], being mentioned:—Reynolds. "I think that essay does her honour." Johnson. "Yes, Sir;...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth MontaguEssay on the Writings and Genius of ShakespearPrint: Unknown
'[letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'The bearer of this is Dr. Dunbar, of Aberdeen, who has written and published a very ingenious book'.Samuel Johnson James DunbarEssays on the History of Mankind in Rude and Culti...Print: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: 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
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "The fallacy of that book [Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees"] is, that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits. He reckons among vices everything that give...Samuel Johnson Bernard MandevilleFable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Bene...Print: Book
1700-1799'The Earl of Carlisle having written a tragedy, entitled "The Father's Revenge", some of his Lordship's friends applied to Mrs. Chapone to prevail on Dr. Johnson to read ...Samuel Johnson Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of CarlisleFather's Revenge, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him, regretting that he was not a more diligen...Samuel Johnson Melchor de OrtegaFelixmarte de HircaniaPrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a long time hardly applied at all to the study of that n...Samuel Johnson SylvanusFirst Book of the IliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'He spoke slightingly of Dyer's "Fleece".— "The subject, Sir, cannot be made poetical. How can a man write poetically of serges and druggets ? Yet you will hear many peop...Samuel Johnson John DyerFleece, ThePrint: 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
1700-1799'"The Gentleman's Magazine", begun and carried on by Mr Edward Cave , under the name of SYLVANUS URBAN, had attracted the notice and esteem of Johnson, in an eminent degr...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Gentleman's Magazine, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least planned, a methodical course of study, according to com...Samuel Johnson VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events. However, I have this year read all Virgil thro...Samuel Johnson VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He was however very much nettled by Churchill's Satire that's certain; for he rejected him from among the Poets when the Booksellers begged him a Place in the Edition th...Samuel Johnson Charles ChurchillGhost, ThePrint: 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'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] 'A gentleman, by no means deficient in literature, having discovered less acquaintance with one of t...Samuel Johnson ClenardusGreek GrammarPrint: Book
1700-1799'[on Good Friday] We went to church both in the morning and evening. In the interval between the two services we did not dine; but he read in the Greek New Testament, and...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Greek New TestamentPrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a long time hardly applied at all to the study of that n...Samuel Johnson John DawsonGreek-English Lexicon of the New TestamentPrint: Book


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