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Record 22106

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson] The Bishop, to whom I had the honour to be known several years ago, shews me much attention; and I am edified by his conversation. I must not omit to tell you, that his Lordship admires, very highly, your "Prefaces to the Poets".'
Century:
Date: Until: 22 Oct 1779
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:Beilby Porteus
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8 May 1731
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Lord Bishop of Chester
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: Samuel Johnson
Title: Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22106  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Boswell
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: Life of Johnson
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 1041
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1041, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22106, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

Originally published 1791.

 

 

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