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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 have not yet distributed all your books [presumably a new edition of the "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland"]. Lord Hailes a...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have not yet distributed all your books [presumably a new edition of the "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland"]. Lord Hailes a...James Burnett, Lord Monboddo Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Sir Alexander Dick to Johnson] I had yesterday the honour of receiving your book of your "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland", which you was so goo...Alexander Dick Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Sir Alexander Dick to Johnson] I had yesterday the honour of receiving your book of your "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland", which you was so goo...Alexander Dick James BoswellAn Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to Th...Print: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Dr. Blair is printing some sermons. If they are all like the first, which I have read, they are [italics] sermones aurei, ac auro magis...Samuel Johnson Hugh Blair[A Sermon]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'One Shaw, who seems a modest and a decent man, has written an Erse Grammar, which a very learned Highlander, Macbean, has, at my request, examined and approved.' Mr Macbean William Shaw[Erse Grammar]Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] You forget that Mr. Shaw's "Erse Grammar" was put into your hands by myself last year. Lord Eglintoune put it into mine. I am glad that ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[proposals for the publication of William Shaw's '...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Our worthy friend Thrale's death having appeared in the newspapers, and been afterwards contradicted, I have been placed in a state of v...James Boswell [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] What do you say of Lord Chesterfield's "Memoirs and last Letters"?' James Boswell Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldMemoirs and Last LettersPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Please to return Dr. Blair thanks for his sermons. The Scotch write English wonderfully well.'Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Charles O' Connor] Dr. Leland begins his history too late: the ages which deserve an exact enquiry are those times (for such there were) when Ire...Samuel Johnson Thomas LelandHistory of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, ...Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Theophilus CibberLives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Patrick Murdoch[Life of Thomson, prefixed to an edition of 'The S...Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell anon.[Life of Thomson, prefixed to an edition of 'The S...Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Biographia BritannicaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Biographical DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] Without doubt you have read what is called "The Life of David Hume", written by himself, with the letter from Dr. Adam Smith subjoined ...James Boswell David HumeMy Own LifePrint: Book
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


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