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Record 13277

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Dipped into Boswell's "Life of Johnson". Johnson pronounces Hume either mad or a liar...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 11 Jun 1800
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Thomas Green
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1769
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: gentleman
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Boswell
Title: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Genre: Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13277  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Green
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature
  Place of Publication: Ipswich
  Date of Publication: 1810
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 229-232
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Green, Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature (Ipswich, 1810), p. 229-232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13277, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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