Record Number: 5564

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson on readers' responses in annotations to Samuel Johnson's comment that the letter H seldom begins any but the first syllable of a word, recorded by James Boswell in the Life of Samuel Johnson: "A Cambridge University Library copy of the first edition [1791] annotated in at least four hands has in the margin at that point a list of words that would appear to refute Johnson's statement: 'Shepherd / Cowherd / Abhor / Behave / Uphold / Exhaust' (1: 166). Then a note by a later reader remarks, 'N.B. All but one of these are compound words where h begins ye first syllable of ye simple word.'"

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silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

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Unknown

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Annotation in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

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Unknown

Form of Text:

Manuscript: annotation in printed text

Publication Details

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5564

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

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Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

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Page:

177-78

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Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 177-78, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5564, accessed: 26 April 2024

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