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

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James Townley

  

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James Townley : High Life Below Stairs

'[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 very diverting when you see it acted; and yet one may read it, and not know that one has been reading any thing at all."'

Century:      Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Print: Book
  

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