Evidence: | [from Bennet Langton's collection of Johnsoniana passed to Boswell in 1780] 'He mentioned with an air of satisfaction what Baretti had told him; that, meeting, in the course of his studying English, with an excellent paper in the "Spectator", one of four that were written by the respectable Dissenting Minister, Mr. Grove of Taunton, and observing the genius and energy of mind that it exhibits, it greatly quickened his curiosity to visit our country; as he thought if such were the lighter periodical essays of our authours, their productions on more weighty occasions must be wonderful indeed!'
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1780 | ||||||||||
Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 24 Apr 1719 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | critic |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Italy |
Country of experience: | Italy |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mr Grove |
Title: | [articled in 'The Spectator'] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22168 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 1089 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1089, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22168, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Originally published 1791 |
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