Evidence: | 'His "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland" is a most valuable performance. It abounds in extensive philosophical views of society, and in ingenious sentiment and lively description. A considerable part of it, indeed, consists of speculations which many years before he saw the wild regions which we visited together probably had employed his attention, though the actual sight of those scenes undoubtedly quickened and augmented them. Mr. Orme, the very able historian, agreed with me in this opinion, which he thus strongly expressed:— "There are in that book thoughts which, by long revolution in the great mind of Johnson, have been formed and polished like pebbles rolled in the ocean!"' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 18 Jan 1775 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Dr Orme |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
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Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Title: | Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland |
Genre: | Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 21369 | |
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Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 580-81 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 580-81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21369, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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