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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'He [Johnson] wrote also "The Convict's Address to his unhappy Brethren", a sermon delivered by Dr. Dodd [ a clergyman condemned to deatn for fraud], in the chapel of New...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for Dr Dodd]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In the afternoon I tried to get Dr. Johnson to like the Poems of Mr. Hamilton of Bangour, which I had brought with me: I had been much pleased with them at a very early ...James Boswell William Hamilton[poem on Winter]Print: Book
1700-1799'In the afternoon I tried to get Dr. Johnson to like the Poems of Mr. Hamilton of Bangour, which I had brought with me: I had been much pleased with them at a very early ...James Boswell William Hamilton[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was much diverted with an article which I shewed him in the "Critical Review" of this year, giving an account of a curious publication, entitled, "A Spiritu...James Boswell Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Some of the ancient philosophers held, that all deviations from right reason were madness; and whoever wishes to see the opinions both of ancients and moderns upon this ...James Boswell Thomas ArnoldObservations on InsanityPrint: Book
1700-1799'I talked to him [Johnson] of Forster's "Voyage to the South Seas", which pleased me; but I found he did not like it. "Sir, (said he,) there is a great affectation of fin...James Boswell George ForsterVoyage Round the World in his Britannic Majesty's ...Print: Book
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Johnson. At this time I found, upon his table, a part o...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for John Taylor]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Johnson. At this time I found, upon his table, a part o...James Boswell John TaylorSermons left for publication by the Reverend John ...Print: Book
1700-1799'We viewed a remarkable natural curiosity at Islam; two rivers bursting near each other from the rock, not from immediate springs, but after having run for many miles und...James Boswell Robert PlottNatural History of StaffordshirePrint: Book
1700-1799'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to which he was to write Prefaces. Dr. Taylor (the onl...James Boswell Gilbert BurnetSome passages of the life and death of the Right H...Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked whether Prior's Poems were to be printed entire: Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of Prior, in his Preface to a collection of "Sacred Po...James Boswell Matthew Prior[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mallet's "Life of Bacon" has no inconsiderable merit as an acute and elegant dissertation relative to its subject; but Mallet's mind was not comprehensive enough to embr...James Boswell David MalletLife of Francis Bacon, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799I have read, conversed, and thought much upon the subject, and would recommend to all who are capable of conviction, an excellent Tract by my learned and ingenious friend...James Boswell John RanbyDoubts on the Abolition of the Slave TradePrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Did you ever look at a book written by Wilson, a Scotchman, under the Latin name of Volusenus, according to the custom of literary men a...James Boswell Florentius Volusenus [pseud.]De Animi TranquillitatePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] The alarm of your late illness distressed me but a few hours ; for on the evening of the day that it reached me, I found it contradicte...James Boswell London ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I mentioned that I had in my possession the Life of Sir Robert Sibbald, the celebrated Scottish antiquary, and founder of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, i...James Boswell Robert Sibbald[manuscript Life]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[in a conversation about journals, Boswell said] "And as a lady adjusts her dress before a mirrour, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal." I next year...James Boswell Francis Atterbury[Funeral Sermon for Lady Cutts]Print: Book
1700-1799'I looked into Lord Kaimes's "Sketches of the History of Man"; and mentioned to Dr. Johnson his censure of Charles the Fifth, for celebrating his funeral obsequies in hi...James Boswell Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...James Boswell Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'After wandering about in a kind of pleasing distraction for some time, I got into a corner, with Johnson, Garrick, and Harris. GARRICK: (to Harris.) "Pray, Sir, have you...James Boswell HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book


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