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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
'[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
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a writer; as to the pastoral part, Virgil is very evi...Samuel Johnson Theocritus Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a writer; as to the pastoral part, Virgil is very evi...Samuel Johnson VirgilEcloguesPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a writer; as to the pastoral part, Virgil is very evi...Samuel Johnson Sicilian GossipsPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'Callimachus is a writer of little excellence. The chief thing to be learned from him is his account of R...Samuel Johnson Callimachus Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'Mattaire's account of the Stephani is a heavy book. He seems to have been a puzzle-headed man, with a la...Samuel Johnson Mattaire[various works including Latin verses]Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writings with a wonderful frankness and candour, and would ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writings with a wonderful frankness and candour, and would ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonIrenePrint: Unknown
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Of the Preface to Capel's "Shakspeare", he said, "If the man would have come to me, I would hav...Samuel Johnson Capel[Preface to edition of Shakespeare]Print: Book
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] 'Talking of the "Farce of High Life below Stairs", he said, "Here is a Farce, which is really v...Samuel Johnson James TownleyHigh Life Below StairsPrint: Book
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] 'One night at The Club he produced a translation of an Epitaph which Lord Elibank had written i...Samuel Johnson Lord Elibank[Epitaph on his Lady]Manuscript: Unknown
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] 'One night at The Club he produced a translation of an Epitaph which Lord Elibank had written i...Mr Dyer Lord Elibank[Epitaph on his Lady]Manuscript: Unknown
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Goldsmith one day brought to the Club a printed Ode, which he, with others, had been hearing re... [an ode]Print: Unknown
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Talking of Gray's "Odes", he said, "They are forced plants raised in a hot-bed; and they are po...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayOdesPrint: Book
Marginal marks show signs of George Otto Trevelyan's close reading, as of a proof - he corrects errors, e.g. where the text says "many would prefer expatriating themselve...George Otto Trevelyan Sir Robert Thomas WilsonPrivate diary of travels, personal services, and p...Print: Book
MS notes throughout, mainly taken for Sir George's own research into Charles James Fox. One reads (v.2.p.376): "I am glad he liked shooting as much as I do."George Otto Trevelyan Charles James FoxMemorials and correspondence of Charles James FoxPrint: 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...Charles Burney Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: 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
'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...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was reading today where Menage tells a story of a notable fellow in his native town Angers, who was such a bustler that they called him sport Monsieur Tracas.' Hester Lynch Thrale Gilles MenageMenagianaPrint: Book


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