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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I told him that from reading Gay's writings, I had taken an affection to his Grace's family from my earliest years.'James Boswell John Gay[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I have now one great satisfaction, which is reading Hume's "History". It entertains and instructs me. It elevates my mind and excites noble feelings of every kind.'James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'David Hume and John Dryden are at present my companions'James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'David Hume and John Dryden are at present my companions'James Boswell John Dryden[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I returned to my friend's chambers and we read some of Mr Addison's papers in "The Spectator" with infinite relish'James Boswell Joseph AddisonThe SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In my younger years I had read in the "Lives of the Convicts" so much about Tyburn that I had a sort of horrid eagerness to be there' James Boswell [unknown]Lives of the convictsPrint: Book, Pamphlet
1700-1799'At night at home, I read the Church service by myself with great devotion'James Boswell [n/a][Church service]Print: Book
1700-1799'I then got "The North Briton" and read it at Child's. I shall do so now every Saturday evening'James Boswell [n/a]The North BritonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I employed the day in reading Hume's "History", which enlarged my views, filled me with great ideas, and rendered me happy'James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'This forenoon I read the history of Joseph and his brethren, which melted my heart and drew tears from my eyes. It is simply and beautifully told in the Sacred Writings....James Boswell [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'Some time ago I left off the pamphlet shop in the passage to the Temple Exchange Coffee-house, and took "The North Briton" from the publisher of it, Mr Kearsley in Ludga...James Boswell [unknown][novels]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Your critical notes on the specimen of Lord Hailes's "Annals of Scotland" are excellent. I agreed with you on every one of them. He him...James Boswell David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Some time ago I left off the pamphlet shop in the passage to the Temple Exchange Coffee-house, and took "The North Briton" from the publisher of it, Mr Kearsley in Ludga...James Boswell [n/a]The North BritonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those papers, which have been since transferred to me. Sir ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[papers left at his death]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those papers, which have been since transferred to me. Sir ...James Boswell John HawkinsLife of Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is, in the B. Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully ra...James Boswell Dr Warburton[Letter to Thomas Birch]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Instead of melting down my materials into one mass, and constantly speaking in my own person, by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the w...James Boswell William MasonMemoirs of GrayPrint: Book
1700-1799'That the conversation of a celebrated man, if his talents have been exerted in conversation, will best display his character, is, I trust, too well established in the ju...James Boswell William Mason[Memoir of William Whitehead]Print: Book
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...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[memoranda of his reading]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The hand-writing [in the original sketch for "Irene"] is very difficult to read, even by those who were best acquainted with Johnson's mode of penmanship which at all ti...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[original notes for "Irene"]Manuscript: Unknown


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