Evidence: | 'When he [Johnson] was a child in petticoats, and had learnt to read, Mrs Johnson one morning put the common prayer-book into his hands, pointed to the collect for the day, and said, "Sam, you must get this by heart". She went upstairs, leaving him to study it: But by the time she had reached the second floor, she heard him following her. "What's the matter?" said she. "I can say it", he replied; and repeated it distinctly, though he ciould not have read it over more than twice'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1712 and 31 Dec 1712 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Lichfield county: Staffordshire |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | later writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Book of Common Prayer [collect for the day] |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned owned by his mother |
Record ID: | 20703 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R. W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 30 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R. W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20703, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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