Record Number: 21681
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One Shaw, who seems a modest and a decent man, has written an Erse Grammar, which a very learned Highlander, Macbean, has, at my request, examined and approved.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 11 Mar 1777
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Erse Grammar]
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Manuscript: UnknownUnknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
asked to read it by Johnson
Source Information:
Record ID:21681
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:797
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 797, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21681, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Originally published 1791. Uncertain whether the book was printed or not by this stage