Evidence: | ''15:Jan: 1778 Mr Johnson told me today that he had translated Anacreon's Dove, & as they were the first Greek Verses that had struck him when a Boy; so says he they continue to please me as well as any Greek Verses now I am Three score'.
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 18 Sep 1709 and 15 Jan 1778 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Unknown |
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 |
Author: | Anacreon |
Title: | Dove |
Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 22833 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
Title: | Thraliana | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 232 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 232, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22833, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
read as a boy and translated aged over sixty |
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