Record Number: 22168
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[from Bennet Langton's collection of Johnsoniana passed to Boswell in 1780] 'He mentioned with an air of satisfaction what Baretti had told him; that, meeting, in the course of his studying English, with an excellent paper in the "Spectator", one of four that were written by the respectable Dissenting Minister, Mr. Grove of Taunton, and observing the genius and energy of mind that it exhibits, it greatly quickened his curiosity to visit our country; as he thought if such were the lighter periodical essays of our authours, their productions on more weighty occasions must be wonderful indeed!'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1780
Country:Italy
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:24 Apr 1719
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:critic
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Italy
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[articled in 'The Spectator']
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22168
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:1089
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson, (Oxford, 1980), p. 1089, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22168, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Originally published 1791