Record Number: 22581
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Doctor Beattie, author of the celebrated book on Truth, was much the Subject of Conversation, the whole company concurring in the Praise of so able and useful a Writer; Here is much ado about nothing cries Doctor Goldsmith why the Man has written but one Book, and I have writ several. So you have Doctor replies Mr Johnson but there go many Halfpence remember - to one Guinea'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1770 and 4 Apr 1774
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group:Dr Johnson, Mrs Thrale, Oliver Goldsmith and others
Age:Adult (18-100+)
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:22581
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:82
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Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 82, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22581, accessed: 17 August 2024
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