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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

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:

Mr Macbean

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:

William Shaw

Title:

[Erse Grammar]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Manuscript: UnknownUnknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
asked to read it by Johnson


Source Information:

Record ID:

21681

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:

797

Additional Comments:

n/a

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

   
   
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