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Record Number: 21139


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I mentioned Elwal the heretick, whose trial Sir John Pringle had given me to read.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 28 Mar 1772

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:

James Boswell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

29 Oct 1740

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer and lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[legal trial papers]

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from Sir John Pringle


Source Information:

Record ID:

21139

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:

473

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 473, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21139, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Originally published 1791. Celebrated case of an ironmonger who founded a sect

   
   
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