Evidence: | 'The part of your "Dictionary" which you have favoured me with the sight of has given me such an idea of the whole, that I most sincerely congratulate the publick upon the acquisition of a work long wanted, and now executed with an industry, accuracy, and judgement, equal to the importance of the subject. You might, perhaps, have chosen one in which your genius would have appeared to more advantage; but you could not have fixed upon any other in which your labours would have done such substantial service to the present age and to posterity'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 3 Apr 1755 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Norfolk St |
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Reader: | Thomas Birch |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1705 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Title: | Dictionary |
Genre: | Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned sent by Johnson |
Record ID: | 20812 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 203 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 203, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20812, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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