Record Number: 5564
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 [1791] 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). Then a note by a later reader remarks, 'N.B. All but one of these are compound words where h begins ye first syllable of ye simple word.'"
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Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Annotation in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
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Form of Text:Manuscript: annotation in printed text
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Record ID:5564
Source:H. J. Jackson
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Title:Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
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Page:177-78
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Citation:
H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 177-78, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5564, accessed: 27 September 2024
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