Evidence: | 'Doctor Grainger, Author of the fine Ode to Solitude printed in Dodsley's Miscellanies wrote a poem while he was in the West Indies and called it the Sugar Cane; it was sent over hither of Course, & when Dr Johnson first laid hold of it he put it in his Pocket without Examination, & carrying it to a place where he was to meet some Literary Friends, told them he had something about him that might in the reading afford them some Amusement: & according begun at the opening of the Poem thus
Where shall the Muse her arduous Task begin?
where breathless end? Say shall [italics] we sing of Rats? [end italics]
Thus does an Author differ from himself, & a great Mind deviate into Absurdity merely for want of friends to look over their Performance.'
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 30 Apr 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 | 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) |
members of his literary Club |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | James Grainger |
Title: | Sugar Cane, The |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 22837 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
Title: | Thraliana | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 246 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 246, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22837, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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