Record Number: 21652

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When I read this [Johnson's argument regarding a legal case on the liberty of the pulpit in which Boswell was involved] to Mr. Burke, he was highly pleased, and exclaimed, "Well; he does his work in a workman-like manner".'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 31 May 1776

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Boswell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

29 Oct 1740

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Mr Burke

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Johnson

Title:

[a legal argument]

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
composed for Boswell

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21652

Source:

Print

Author:

James Boswell

Editor:

R.W. Chapman

Title:

Life of Johnson

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

762

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 762, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21652, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Originally published 1791.