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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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'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 [n/a]The Universal VisitorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitated or tried to imitate, the copiousness and luxurianc...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth HarrisonMiscellaniesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitated or tried to imitate, the copiousness and luxurianc...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth Rowe[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitated or tried to imitate, the copiousness and luxurianc...Samuel Johnson Isaac Watts[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[according to Thomas Campbell] he begged of me that when I returned to Ireland, I would endeavour to procure for him a poem of Dr Madden's called "Boulter's Monument". T...Samuel Johnson Samuel MaddenBoulter's MonumentManuscript: Unknown
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
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 Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
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...Samuel Johnson Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1700-1799'On Tuesday the 5th of July, I again visited Johnson. He told me he had looked into the poems of a pretty voluminous writer, Mr. (now Dr.) John Ogilvie, one of the Presby...Samuel Johnson John Ogilvie[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson Pierre BayleHistorical and Critical DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson John Arbuthnot[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson Joseph Addison[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night the following passage from the letter which I had la...James Boswell David Dalrymple[letter to Boswell]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night the following passage from the letter which I had la...David Dalrymple Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night the following passage from the letter which I had la...David Dalrymple Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night the following passage from the letter which I had la...David Dalrymple Jonathan Swift[satires]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Tuesday, July 18, I found tall Sir Thomas Robinson sitting with Johnson. Sir Thomas said, that the King of Prussia valued himself upon three things;—upon being a hero...Samuel Johnson Frederick II King of Prussia[unknown]Print: Book


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