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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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 JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'he was not altogether unprepared as a periodical writer; for I have in my possession a small duodecimo volume, in which he has written, in the form of Mr Locke's "Common...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[notes collected for periodical articles]Print: UnknownManuscript: duodecimo book
1700-1799'Mrs Johnson, in whose judgement and taste he had great confidence, said to him, after a few numbers of "The Rambler" had come out, "I thought very well of you before; bu...Elizabeth Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I profess myself to have ever had a profound veneration for the astonishing force and vivacity of mind which "The Rambler" exhibits [Boswell then talks at length of the ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'["Rambler"] No 32 on patience, even under extreme misery, is wonderfully lofty, and as much above the rant of stoicism, as the Sun of Revelation is brighter than the twi...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought particularly excellent, by folding down a corner of the...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought particularly excellent, by folding down a corner of the...Edward Young Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. "I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams)...Robert Dodsley Samuel Johnson[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. "I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams)...Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Samuel Johnson[letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'In one of his little memorandum-books I find the following hints for his intended "Review or Literary Journal": "[italics] The Annals of Literature, foreign as well as ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[memoranda for a projected literary journal]Manuscript: Codex, memorandum book
1700-1799'The part of your "Dictionary" which you have favoured me with the sight of has given me such an idea of the whole, that I most sincerely congratulate the publick upon th...Thomas Birch Samuel JohnsonDictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Mr Charles Burney] had been so much delighted with Johnson's "Rambler" and the "Plan" of his "Dictionary", that when the great work was announced in the newspapers as n...Charles Burney Samuel Johnson[Plan for his dictionary]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mr Charles Burney] had been so much delighted with Johnson's "Rambler" and the "Plan" of his "Dictionary", that when the great work was announced in the newspapers as n...Charles Burney Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Let the Preface [to Johnson's Dictionary] be attentively perused, in which is given, in a clear, strong, and glowing style, a comprehensive, yet particular view of what ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonDictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'all the esays [in the "Universal Visitor"] marked with two [italics] asterisks [end italics] have been ascribed to him; but I am confident, from internal evidence, that ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[essays]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Yet there are in the "Idler" several papers which shew as much profundity of thought, and labour of language, as any of this great man's writings'. [Boswell mentions num...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonIdler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most importa...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1900-1945Texts discussed and quoted from at length in E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1930) include Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, to which Forster refers as 'a charming and important...Edward Morgan Forster Samuel JohnsonRasselasPrint: Book
1900-1945Texts discussed and quoted from at length in E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1930) include Samuel Johnson, Life of Savage, to which Forster refers as 'Good tempered acco...Edward Morgan Forster Samuel JohnsonLife of [Richard] SavagePrint: Book
1900-1945Texts discussed and quoted from in E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1930) include Samuel Johnson, Preface to the English Dictionary and Plan (addressed to Chesterfield).Edward Morgan Forster Samuel JohnsonPreface to DictionaryPrint: Book


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