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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] You forget that Mr. Shaw's "Erse Grammar" was put into your hands by myself last year. Lord Eglintoune put it into mine. I am glad that ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[proposals for the publication of William Shaw's '...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Your paper on "Vicious Intromission" is a noble proof of what you can do even in Scotch law.' James Boswell Samuel Johnson[paper on an aspect of Scottish law]Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...James Boswell Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...David Dalrymple, lord Hailes Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is intended. You have been in a mistake in thinking th...Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t...Frederic Harrison Mary Augusta WardCase of Richard Meynell, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t...Frederic Harrison George Eliot [pseud.]Adam BedePrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from Frederic Harrison to Mrs Ward] I am one of those to whom your book ["The Case of Richard Meynell"] specially appeals, as I know so much of the literature, t...Frederic Harrison Essays and ReviewsPrint: Book
1900-1945'[letter from General Hastings Anderson to Janet Trevelyan] What strikes me most in your mother's book ["Fields of Victory"] is her marvellous insight into the way of thi...Hastings Anderson Mary Augusta WardFields of VictoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'[letter from Henry James to Mrs Ward] I think the tale very straightforward and powerful - very direct and vivid, full of the real and the [italics] juste [end italics]....Henry James Mary Augusta WardBessie CostrellPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have at last sent back Lord Hailes's sheets, I never think about returning them, because I alter nothing. You will see that I might a...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] There has appeared lately in the papers an account of a boat overset between Mull and Ulva, in which many passengers were lost, and amo...Samuel Johnson [n/a][newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'I have just advanced so far towards recovery as to read a pamphlet; and you may reasonably suppose that the first pamphlet which I read...Samuel Johnson James BoswellLetter to the People of Scotland on the Present St...Print: Pamphlet
'[letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'The bearer of this is Dr. Dunbar, of Aberdeen, who has written and published a very ingenious book'.Samuel Johnson James DunbarEssays on the History of Mankind in Rude and Culti...Print: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have now three parcels of Lord Hailes's history, which I purpose to return all the next week: that his respect for my little observati...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have now three parcels of Lord Hailes's history, which I purpose to return all the next week: that his respect for my little observati...Samuel Johnson Charles-Jean-François Henault[history]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have now three parcels of Lord Hailes's history, which I purpose to return all the next week: that his respect for my little observati...Hester Lynch Thrale James BoswellJournal of a Tour to the HebridesManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Boswell] Xenophon observes, in his "Treatise of Oeconomy", that if every thing be kept in a certain place, when any thing is worn out or consumed...Samuel Johnson Xenophon OeconomicusPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Charles O' Connor] Dr. Leland begins his history too late: the ages which deserve an exact enquiry are those times (for such there were) when Ire...Samuel Johnson Thomas LelandHistory of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, ...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Dr Brocklesby] Tell Dr. Heberden, that in the coach I read "Ciceronianus" which I concluded as I entered Lichfield. My affection and understandin...Samuel Johnson Desiderius Erasmus CiceronianusPrint: Book


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