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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. "The 'Tale of ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPlan for the Improvement of the English Language Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was present when a tragedy was read, in which there occurred this line:-- "Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free". The company having admired it muc...Samuel Johnson Henry BrookeGustavus Vasa The Deliverer Of His CountryPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was very quiescent to-day [17th May 1784] . Perhaps too I was indolent. I find nothing more of him in my notes, but that when I mentioned that I had seen in the ...James Boswell Thomas a KempisImitation of ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson's newly written Lives are delightful, but he is too hard on Prior's Alma: he will be keenly reproached for his Toryism, but what cares he? he calls himself a Tor...Hester Lynch Thrale Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: proof sheets
1700-1799'Johnson's newly written Lives are delightful, but he is too hard on Prior's Alma: he will be keenly reproached for his Toryism, but what cares he? he calls himself a Tor...Hester Lynch Thrale Matthew PriorAlmaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson's newly written Lives are delightful, but he is too hard on Prior's Alma: he will be keenly reproached for his Toryism, but what cares he? he calls himself a Tor...Hester Lynch Thrale Nicholas RoweFair Penitent, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson's newly written Lives are delightful, but he is too hard on Prior's Alma: he will be keenly reproached for his Toryism, but what cares he? he calls himself a Tor...Hester Lynch Thrale Philip MassingerFatal Dowry, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson, though remarkable for his great variety of composition, never exercised his talents in fable, except we allow his beautiful tale published in Mrs. Williams's "M...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[tale in Mrs Williams's 'Miscellanies']Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson, though remarkable for his great variety of composition, never exercised his talents in fable, except we allow his beautiful tale published in Mrs. Williams's "M...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[manuscript plan for a fable]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "He's [Pennant] a [italics] Whig [end italics], Sir; a [italics]sad dog [end italics]. (smiling at his own violent expressions, merely for [italics] political [...Samuel Johnson Thomas PennantTour in Scotland in 1769Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "I do not approve of figurative expressions in addressing the Supreme Being; and I never use them. Taylor gives a very good advice: 'Never lie in your prayers; ...Samuel Johnson Jeremy TaylorGolden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and li...Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson. "I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining." Boswell. "What, Sir, a good book?" Johnson. "Yes, Sir, to read once; I do not say yo...Samuel Johnson Philip ThicknesseObservations on the Customs and Manners of the Fre...Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "O! Mr. Dilly-you must know that an English Benedictine Monk at Paris has translated "The Duke of Berwick's Memoirs", from the original French, and has sent the...Samuel Johnson James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of BerwickMemoirs of the Marshall Duke of BerwickManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson. "Sheridan is a wonderful admirer of the tragedy of Douglas, and presented its author with a gold medal. Some years ago, at a coffee-house in Oxford, I called to...Samuel Johnson John HomeDouglas, A tragedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson. "Sheridan is a wonderful admirer of the tragedy of Douglas, and presented its authour with a gold medal. Some years ago, at a coffee-house in Oxford, I called t...Thomas Sheridan John HomeDouglas, A tragedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...David Garrick MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...David Garrick MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...Bennet Langton Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...Samuel Johnson Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon Print: Book


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