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Record 21739

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'He [Johnson] told me that Bacon was a favourite authour with him; but he had never read his works till he was compiling the "English Dictionary", in which, he said, I might see Bacon very often quoted.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 31 Dec 1755
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Francis Bacon
Title: n/a
Genre: Politics, Philosophy, Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21739  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Boswell
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: Life of Boswell
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 870-71
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Boswell (Oxford, 1980), p. 870-71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21739, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Originally published 1791

 

 

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