Evidence: | '[Robert Dodsley] then told Dr Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him the letter [in which Johnson refused his patronage]. "I should have imagined (replied Dr Adams) that Lord Chesterfield would have concealed it". "Poh! (said Dodsley) do you think a letter from Johnson could hurt Lord Chesterfield? Not at all, Sir. It lay upon his table where any body might see it. He read it to me; said, 'this man has great powers', pointed out the severest passages, and observed how well they were expressed".' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Feb 1755 and 28 Feb 1755 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | location in dwelling other location: Lord Chesterfield's house |
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Reader: | Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 22 Sep 1694 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Robert Dodsley |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Title: | [letter from Johnson to Lord Chesterfield] |
Genre: | letter |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 20804 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 187 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20804, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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