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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson George Smallridge[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson Samuel Clarke[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...James Boswell Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Joshua Reynolds Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds told me, that upon his return from Italy he met with it [Johnson's "Life of Savage"] in Devonshire, knowing nothing of its authour [sic], and began t...Joshua Reynolds Samuel JohnsonLife of SavagePrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua [Reynolds] mentioned Mr. Cumberland's "Odes", which were just published. JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, they would have been thought as good as Odes commonly are, if Cum...Samuel Johnson Richard Cumberland[Odes]Print: Book
1800-1849'Sir P. Sydneys defence of poetry'Mary Shelley Philip SidneyDefence of Poesie, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Paul Rycaut is mistaken (as he commonly is) in calling the sect [italics] muterin [italics].'Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu Sir Paul RycautunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sir Walter Scott was buried at Dryburgh... Annual Obituary for 1833.'Devereux Bowly [n/a]The Annual Biography and ObituaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Sir William Chambers, that great Architect, whose works shew a sublimity of genius, and who is esteemed by all who know him for his social, hospitable, and generous qual...Samuel Johnson William ChambersDesigns of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, ...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		'Sir William Gomm served for some time in India, and indeed had been commander of the forces there. Being at Simla, he occupied himself with the study of Grote's "History...Sir William Gomm George GroteA History of Greece (vols 1-5)Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'Sir William Gomm served for some time in India, and indeed had been commander of the forces there. Being at Simla, he occupied himself with the study of Grote's "History...Harriet Grote Sir William GommAnnotations to George Grote, A History of Greece (...
1800-1849
1850-1899		'Sir William Gomm served for some time in India, and indeed had been commander of the forces there. Being at Simla, he occupied himself with the study of Grote's "History...George Grote Sir William GommAnnotations to George Grote, A History of Greece (...
1800-1849'Sir, I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of a volume of poems which Messrs. Longman transmitted to me a few days since, and for which I am indebted to your politeness...J. Mitford Mary Russell MitfordMiscellaneous PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Sir, I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination, nor much command of words. The obscurity in which he has involved himself will not persuade us...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Sir, I have heard with great regret that you are the author of that gross personal libel which appeared in the Quarterly Review, in the form of criticism on my Life of C...John Galt Thomas Dunham WhitakerGalt's Life of Cardinal WolseyPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Sir, this book ("The Elements of Criticism", which he had taken up,) is a pretty essay, and deserves to be held in some estimation, though much of it is chimerical'.Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book


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