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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'[Rev Charles Burney's] Abridgement of Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, is printed, though not yet published. He gave to my father & me each a Copy. His Motto, I think ...Sarah Harriet Burney Samuel JohnsonDictionary of the English Language, APrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 6 December 1792: 'Juvenal is a grand nervous Satirist — your refined criticks prefer the sneering strokes of Horace — for me ...Robert Southey Samuel JohnsonVanity of Human WishesPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 6 December 1792: 'Juvenal is a grand nervous Satirist — your refined criticks prefer the sneering strokes of Horace — for me ...Robert Southey Samuel JohnsonLondonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Adam Smith, Sir [-] informed me, was no admirer of the Rambler or the Idler, but was pleased with the pamphlet respecting the Falkland Islands, as it displayed in such f...Adam Smith Samuel JohnsonThoughts On the Late Transactions Respecting Falkl...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Do you not think the contrast of the manners between Melbourne House and Devonshire House [in "Glenarvon"] well drawn? One of our friends, well read in Johnson, told me ...Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those papers, which have been since transferred to me. Sir ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[papers left at his death]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least planned, a methodical course of study, according to com...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[memoranda of his reading]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The hand-writing [in the original sketch for "Irene"] is very difficult to read, even by those who were best acquainted with Johnson's mode of penmanship which at all ti...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[original notes for "Irene"]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The hand-writing [in the original sketch for "Irene"] is very difficult to read, even by those who were best acquainted with Johnson's mode of penmanship which at all ti...Mr Langton Samuel Johnson[original notes for "Irene"]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The hand-writing [in the original sketch for "Irene"] is very difficult to read, even by those who were best acquainted with Johnson's mode of penmanship which at all ti...George III Samuel Johnson[original notes for "Irene"]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Mr Peter Garrick told me, that Johnson and he went together to the Fountain tavern, and read it over, and that he afterwards solicited Mr Fleetwood, the patentee of Drur...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonIreneManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Mr Peter Garrick told me, that Johnson and he went together to the Fountain tavern, and read it over, and that he afterwards solicited Mr Fleetwood, the patentee of Drur...Peter Garrick Samuel JohnsonIreneManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The Reverend Dr Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, to whom I am indebted for some obliging communications, was then a student at Oxford, and remembers well the effect whi...John Douglas Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'This Epitaph [on 'Philips, a musician'] is so exquisitely beautiful that I remember even Lord Kames, strangely prejudiced as he was against Dr Johnson, was compelled to ...Henry Home, Lord Kames Samuel JohnsonEpitaph on Philips, a MusicianPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds told me, that upon his return from Italy he met with it [Johnson's "Life of Savage"] in Devonshire, knowing nothing of its authour [sic], and began t...Joshua Reynolds Samuel JohnsonLife of SavagePrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...Dr Taylor Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...William Whitehead Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[extract of a letter from the Earl of Orrery to Dr Birch] I have just now seen the specimen of Mr Johnson's dictionary, addressed to Lord Chesterfield. I am much pleased...John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'His "Vanity of Human Wishes" has less of common life, but more of a philosophick dignity than his "London". More readers, therefore, will be delighted with the pointed s...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonVanity of Human Wishes, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'His "Vanity of Human Wishes" has less of common life, but more of a philosophick dignity than his "London". More readers, therefore, will be delighted with the pointed s...David Garrick Samuel JohnsonVanity of Human Wishes, ThePrint: Unknown


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