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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] I lately read Rasselas over again with great satisfaction'.James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , thePrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Edmund Burke Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Mr Jackson Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Mr Jones Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] wrote also "The Convict's Address to his unhappy Brethren", a sermon delivered by Dr. Dodd [ a clergyman condemned to deatn for fraud], in the chapel of New...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for Dr Dodd]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Johnson. At this time I found, upon his table, a part o...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for John Taylor]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I told him, that his "Rasselas" had often made me unhappy; for it represented the misery of human life so well, and so convincingly to a thinking mind, that if at any ti...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here now are two speeches ascribed to him, both of which w...Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson[speeches attributed to Lord Chesterfield]Print: Book
'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] 'I am eager to see more of your Prefaces to the Poets; I solace myself with the few proof sheets which I have'.James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: proof sheets
'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson] The Bishop, to whom I had the honour to be known several years ago, shews me much attention; and I am edified by his conversation. I mu...Beilby Porteus Samuel JohnsonPrefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works ...Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writings with a wonderful frankness and candour, and would ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writings with a wonderful frankness and candour, and would ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonIrenePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'So easy is his style in these "Lives", that I do not recollect more than three uncommon or learned words; one, when giving an account of the approach of Waller's mortal ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson was fair to Milton's poetic genius, despite hating his politics] Indeed even Dr. Towers, who may be considered as one of the warmest zealots of [italics] The Re...Dr Towers Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799''It gives me much pleasure to observe, that however Johnson may have casually talked, yet when he sits, as "an ardent judge zealous to his trust, giving sentence" upon t...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[Life of Young in 'Lives of the Poets']Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Essays", which he liked very well, and his own "Prince ...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Burney related to Dr. Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's, the late Mr. Bewley, well known in Norfolk by the name of th...William Bewley Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Dr. Burney related to Dr. Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's, the late Mr. Bewley, well known in Norfolk by the name of th...William Bewley Samuel JohnsonPlan of a Dictionary of the English LanguagePrint: Book
1700-1799'A clergyman at Bath wrote to him, that in "The Morning Chronicle", a passage in "The Beauties of Johnson" [unauthorised collection of Johnson's words], article DEATH, ha...Lancelot St Albyn Samuel Johnson[excerpt from a work, reprinted in the Bath 'Morni...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'I have this day read Rasselas which is a book I like as it leads to deep affection'Elizabeth Gurney Samuel JohnsonThe History of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book


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