Record Number: 5563

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson on readers' responses in annotations to Samuel Johnson's comment that the letter H seldom begins any but the first syllable of a word, recorded by James Boswell in the Life of Samuel Johnson: "A Cambridge University Library copy of the first edition annotated in at least four hands has in the margin at that point a list of words that would appear to refute Johnson's statement: 'Shepherd / Cowherd / Abhor / Behave / Uphold / Exhaust' (1: 166)."

Century:

Date:

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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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

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Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

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Religion:

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

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Boswell

Title:

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

2 vols. London: Dilly, 1791

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5563

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

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Page:

177

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 177, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5563, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

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