Evidence: | 'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to which he was to write Prefaces. Dr. Taylor (the only time I ever heard him say any thing witty) observed, that "if Rochester had been castrated himself, his exceptionable poems would not have been written". I asked if Burnet had not given a good Life of Rochester. JOHNSON. "We have a good [italics] Death [end italics]: there is not much [italics] Life[end italics]".' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 22 Sep 1777 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | John Taylor |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | clergyman |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Wilmot, Lord Rochester |
Title: | [Poems] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21731 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Boswell | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 869 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Boswell (Oxford, 1980), p. 869, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21731, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Originally published 1791 |
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