Evidence: | 'The King then asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill. Johnson answered, he was an ingenious man, but had no veracity; and immediately mentioned, as an instance of it, an assertion of that writer, that he had seen objects magnified to a much greater degree by using three or four microscopes at a time than by using one. "Now, (added Johnson,) every one acquainted with microscopes, knows, that the more of them he looks through, the less the object will appear." "Why, (replied the King,) this is not only telling an untruth, but telling it clumsily; for, if that be the case, every one who can look through a microscope will be able to detect him."' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 28 Feb 1767 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Anglican |
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: | Dr Hill |
Title: | [unknown] |
Genre: | Science |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20970 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.C. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 382 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.C. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 382, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20970, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. This conversation occurred between George III and Johnson in the library at Queen's house. |
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