| Evidence: | '[quoting from the pamphlet "A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson, occasioned by his late Political Publications." by joseph Towers] "I would, however, wish you to remember, should you again address the publick under the character of a political writer, that luxuriance of imagination or energy of language will ill compensate for the want of candour, of justice, and of truth. And I shall only add, that should I hereafter be disposed to read, as I heretofore have done, the most excellent of all your performances, 'The Rambler,' the pleasure which I have been accustomed to find in it will be much diminished by the reflection that the writer of so moral, so elegant, and so valuable a work was capable of prostituting his talents in such productions as 'The False Alarm,' the 'Thoughts on the Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands,' and 'The Patriot.' "
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1775 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Joseph Towers |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1737 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman and writer |
| Religion: | Dissenting |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | Patriot, The |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21498 | |
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| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 593 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 593, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21498, accessed: 20 June 2013 | |
| Originally published 1791 |
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