Record Number: 21597
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made." He added, "I would not have you read anything else of Cheyne, but his book on Health, and his 'English Malady'".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 10 Apr 1776
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Sep 1709
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English Malady, The: or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds
Genre:Medicine
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:21597
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
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Page:736
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 736, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21597, accessed: 17 August 2024
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Original date of publication 1791.