Evidence: | 'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnson was often very busy. One day Mr Wise read to us a dissertation which he was preparing for the press, intitled "A History and Chronology of the fabulous Ages".' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jun 1754 and 1 Oct 1754 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Ellsfield county: Oxfordshire specific address: home of Mr Wise location in dwelling: library |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | 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: | [unknown] |
Title: | [books of Northern literature] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 20808 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 192 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 192, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20808, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. 'Memorial' sent to Boswell by Thomas Warton. |
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