Record Number: 20817
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'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 of these, neither "The Life of Chaucer", "Reflections on the State of Portugal", nor an "Essay on Architecture", were written by him. I am equally confident, upon the same evidence, that he wrote "Further Thoughts on Agriculture"; being the sequel of a very inferiour essay on the same subject, and which, though carried on as if by the same hand, is both in thinking and expression so far above it, as to leave no doubt of its true parent; and that he also wrote "A Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authors", and "A Dissertation on the Epitaphs Written by Pope".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1756 and 31 Dec 1791
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:29 Oct 1740
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:lawyer and writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Universal Visitor
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20817
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
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Page:218
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 218, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20817, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Originally published 1791.
