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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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'It has of late been the fashion to compare the style of Addison and Johnson, and to depreciate, I think very unjustly, the style of Addison as nerveless and feeble, beca...James Boswell Joseph Addison[essays]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Let me add, that Hawkesworth's imitations of Johnson are sometimes so happy,that it is extremely difficult to distinguish them, with certainty, from the compositions of ...James Boswell John HawkesworthAdventurer, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'[referring to a dispute over whether Johnson wrote certain papers in "The Adventurer"] Mrs Williams told me that, "as he had [italics] given [end italics] those Essays t...James Boswell James Boswell[account given to him by Mrs Williams]Manuscript: Unknown
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'I remember when the [italics] Literary Property [end italics] of those letters [Lord Chesterfield's to his son] was contested in the Court of Session in Scotland, and Mr...Henry Dundas Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters to his SonPrint: Book
1700-1799'On the 6th of March came out Lord Bolingbroke's works, published by Mr David Mallet. The wild and pernicious ravings, under the name of [italics] Philosophy [end italics...James Boswell Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokePhilosophical worksPrint: Book
1700-1799'[thanking Warton for a book he has sent ] You have shewn to all, who shall hereafter attempt the study of our ancient authors, the way to success; by directing them to t...Samuel Johnson Thomas WartonObservations on the Faerie Queene of SpenserPrint: Book
1700-1799'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][books of Northern literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a ...Mr Wise Mr WiseHistory and Chronology of the fabulous Ages, AManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'There is an old English and Latin book of poems by Barclay, called "The Ship of Fools"; at the end of which are a number of [italics] Eglogues [end italics]; so he write...Samuel Johnson Alexander BarclayShip of Fools, ThePrint: Book
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


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