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1450-1945

Listing for Reader: James Boswell

 

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1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those p...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[papers left at his death]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those p...James Boswell John HawkinsLife of Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is, in the B. Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I ...James Boswell Dr Warburton[Letter to Thomas Birch]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Instead of melting down my materials into one mass, and constantly speaking in my own person, by which I might have a...James Boswell William MasonMemoirs of GrayPrint: Book
1700-1799'That the conversation of a celebrated man, if his talents have been exerted in conversation, will best display his ch...James Boswell William Mason[Memoir of William Whitehead]Print: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[memoranda of his reading]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The hand-writing [in the original sketch for "Irene"] is very difficult to read, even by those who were best acquaint...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[original notes for "Irene"]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I myself recollect such impressions [of reverence, like Johnson displayed for the "Gentleman's Magazine"] from "The S...James Boswell [n/a]Scot's Magazine, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Mr Dodsley this year brought out his "Preceptor", oned of the most valuable books for the improvement of young minds ...James Boswell Robert DodsleyPreceptor, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'His "Vanity of Human Wishes" has less of common life, but more of a philosophick dignity than his "London". More read...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonVanity of Human Wishes, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'he was not altogether unprepared as a periodical writer; for I have in my possession a small duodecimo volume, in whi...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[notes collected for periodical articles]Print: UnknownManuscript: duodecimo book
1700-1799'I profess myself to have ever had a profound veneration for the astonishing force and vivacity of mind which "The Ram...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'["Rambler"] No 32 on patience, even under extreme misery, is wonderfully lofty, and as much above the rant of stoicis...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought par...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'It has of late been the fashion to compare the style of Addison and Johnson, and to depreciate, I think very unjustly...James Boswell Joseph Addison[essays]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Let me add, that Hawkesworth's imitations of Johnson are sometimes so happy,that it is extremely difficult to disting...James Boswell John HawkesworthAdventurer, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'[referring to a dispute over whether Johnson wrote certain papers in "The Adventurer"] Mrs Williams told me that, "as...James Boswell James Boswell[account given to him by Mrs Williams]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'On the 6th of March came out Lord Bolingbroke's works, published by Mr David Mallet. The wild and pernicious ravings,...James Boswell Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokePhilosophical worksPrint: Book
1700-1799'In one of his little memorandum-books I find the following hints for his intended "Review or Literary Journal": "[it...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[memoranda for a projected literary journal]Manuscript: Codex, memorandum book
1700-1799'Let the Preface [to Johnson's Dictionary] be attentively perused, in which is given, in a clear, strong, and glowing ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonDictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'all the esays [in the "Universal Visitor"] marked with two [italics] asterisks [end italics] have been ascribed to hi...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[essays]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'all the esays [in the "Universal Visitor"] marked with two [italics] asterisks [end italics] have been ascribed to hi...James Boswell [n/a]The Universal VisitorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Yet there are in the "Idler" several papers which shew as much profundity of thought, and labour of language, as any ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonIdler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English la...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English la...James Boswell Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1850-1899'I could not but smile, at the same time that I was offended, to observe Sheridan, in "The Life of Swift", which he af...James Boswell Thomas SheridanLife of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, The Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Her [Mrs Sheridan's] novel, entitled "Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph", contains an excellent moral, while it inculc...James Boswell Frances SheridanMemoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'"Cibber's familiar style, however, was better than that which Whitehead has assumed. [italics] Grand [end italics] no...James Boswell William Whitehead[poem on Garrick]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In this depreciation [by Johnson] of Churchill's poetry I could not agree with him. It is very true that the greatest...James Boswell Charles Churchill[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899'In this depreciation [by Johnson] of Churchill's poetry I could not agree with him. It is very true that the greatest...James Boswell Charles ChurchillProphecy of Famine, The. A Scots PastoralPrint: Book
1850-1899'I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thi...James Boswell [n/a]Connoisseur, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I at this time kept up a very frequent correspondence with Sir David [Dalrymple]; and I read to Dr. Johnson to-night ...James Boswell David Dalrymple[letter to Boswell]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'On Tuesday, July 18, I found tall Sir Thomas Robinson sitting with Johnson. Sir Thomas said, that the King of Prussia...James Boswell Frederick II King of PrussiaMemoirs of the house of Brandenburg. From the earliest accounts, to the death of Frederick I.Print: Book
1700-1799'On Tuesday, July 18, I found tall Sir Thomas Robinson sitting with Johnson. Sir Thomas said, that the King of Prussia...James Boswell Frederick II King of Prussia[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "Hume, and other sceptical innovators, are vain men, and will gratify themselves at any expence. Trut...James Boswell David HumeEnquiry concerning Human Understanding Print: Book
1700-1799'He said, Dr. Joseph Warton was a very agreeable man, and his "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope," a very pleas...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'I was much pleased to find myself with Johnson at Greenwich, which he celebrates in his "London" as a favourite scene...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of JuvenalPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell to Johnson] Of the modern Frisick, or what is spoken by the boors at this day, I have procured a specimen. I...James Boswell Gisbert JapixRymeleriePrint: Book
1700-1799'He wrote a review of Grainger's "Sugar Cane, a Poem", in the "London Chronicle". He told me, that Dr. Percy wrote the...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLondon Chronicle [review of Grainger's "Sugar Cane, a poem"]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'From one of his Journals I transcribed what follows : "At church, Oct.—65. " To avoid all singularity; [italics...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[journal]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'He kept the greater part of mine [letters] very carefully; and a short time before his death was attentive enough to ...James Boswell James Boswell[letter to Johnson from Corsica]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'This violence [of Dr Johnson against Rousseau] seemed very strange to me, who had read many of Rousseau's animated wr...James Boswell Jean Jacques RousseauEmilePrint: Book
1700-1799'This violence [of Dr Johnson against Rousseau] seemed very strange to me, who had read many of Rousseau's animated wr...James Boswell Jean Jacques RousseauDiscourse on InequalityPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Sir, (continued he) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners;...James Boswell Samuel Richardson[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Sir, (continued he) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners;...James Boswell Henry Fielding[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'He allowed high praise to Thomson, as a poet; but when one of the company said he was also a very good man, our moral...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He allowed high praise to Thomson, as a poet; but when one of the company said he was also a very good man, our moral...James Boswell James Thomson[letters to his sister and accounts by them of his character]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'"The London Chronicle", which was the only newspaper he constantly took in, being brought, the office of reading it a...James Boswell [n/a]London ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'His description of its [the situation in the Falklands] miseries in this pamphlet ['Thoughts on the late Transactions...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonThoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands
1700-1799'We talked of his two political pamphlets, "The False Alarm," and "Thoughts concerning Falkland's Islands." Johnson. "...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonThoughts on the Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands
1700-1799'We talked of his two political pamphlets, "The False Alarm," and "Thoughts concerning Falkland's Islands." Johnson. "...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonFalse Alarm, The
1700-1799'Boswell. "I do not know whether there are any well attested stories of the appearance of ghosts. You know there is a ...James Boswell Charles DrelincourtChristians Defense against the Fears of Death Print: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "I see they have published a splendid edition of Akenside's works. One bad ode may be suffered; but a ...James Boswell Mark AkensidePleasures of Imagination, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'I mentioned Elwal the heretick, whose trial Sir John Pringle had given me to read.' James Boswell [unknown][legal trial papers]Unknown
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Jo...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'The conversation now turned on critical subjects. Johnson. "Bayes, in 'The Rehearsal', is a mighty silly character. I...James Boswell George Villiers, Second Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, "he was a blockhead :" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so stra...James Boswell Henry FieldingTom JonesPrint: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Tacitus, and I hazarded an opinion that with all his merit for penetration, shrewdness of judgment, and ...James Boswell TacitusHistoriesPrint: Book
1700-1799'At this time it appears from his "Prayers and Meditations," that he had been more than commonly diligent in religious...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonPrayers and MeditationsManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works, and asked him what he thought of that writer. He answered, "A c...James Boswell Francis Osborne[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I expressed a liking for Mr. Francis Osborne's works, and asked him what he thought of that writer. He answered, "A c...James Boswell Joseph AddisonSpectator, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in London this year, I went to his house late in the evening, and sat ...James Boswell London Chronicle Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'I mentioned Sir John Dalrymple's "Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland", and his discoveries to the prejudice of Lord...James Boswell John DalrympleMemoirs of Great Britain and Ireland Print: Book
1700-1799'[on Good Friday] We went to church both in the morning and evening. In the interval between the two services we did n...James Boswell [unknown][books belonging to Johnson]Print: Book
1700-1799'In Archbishop Laud's Diary I found the following passage, which I read to Dr. Johnson: "1623. February 1, Sunday. ...James Boswell William Laud[diary]Print: Book
1700-1799'I spoke of Allan Ramsay's "Gentle Shepherd," in the Scottish dialect, as the best pastoral that had ever been written...James Boswell Allan RamsayGentle Shepherd, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson, though remarkable for his great variety of composition, never exercised his talents in fable, except we allo...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[tale in Mrs Williams's 'Miscellanies']Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson, though remarkable for his great variety of composition, never exercised his talents in fable, except we allo...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[manuscript plan for a fable]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...James Boswell William RobertsonHistory of Scotland 1542 - 1603Print: Book
1700-1799'Talking of birds, I mentioned Mr. Daines Barrington's ingenions Essay against the received notion of their migration'.James Boswell Daines Barrington[Essay on bird migration]Print: Unknown
1700-1799' [Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Your critical notes on the specimen of Lord Hailes's "Annals of Scotland" are excel...James Boswell David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is...James Boswell Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert Sanderson Print: Book
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I conside...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[diary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Be pleased to accept of my best thanks for your "Journey to the Hebrides", which cam...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland. Print: Book
1700-1799'His "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland" is a most valuable performance. It abounds in extensive philosophica...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'His disbelief of the authenticity of the poems ascribed to Ossian, a Highland bard, was confirmed in the course of hi...James Boswell James Macpherson[Ossian poems, culminating in] Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several Other Poems composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic LanguagePrint: Book
1700-1799Unfavourable as I am constrained to say my opinion of this pamphlet [Johnson's 'Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonTaxation no Tyranny; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress
1700-1799Unfavourable as I am constrained to say my opinion of this pamphlet [Johnson's 'Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonTaxation no Tyranny; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American CongressPrint: proof leaves of a pamphlet with handwritten corrections
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand ...James Boswell Thomas GrayThe Bard: A Pindaric OdePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand ...James Boswell Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'The "Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion," in ridicule of "cool Mason and warm Gray", being mentioned, Johnson said, "They...James Boswell William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a f...James Boswell William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a f...James Boswell William MasonCaractacus: A Dramatic PoemPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a f...James Boswell William Mason[minor poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Dr Thomas Campbell, who dined with Johnson on 3 April 1775] has since published "A Philosophical Survey of the South...James Boswell Thomas CampbellPhilosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, in a series of letters Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Scott of Amwell's "Elegies" were lying in the room. Dr. Johnson observed "They are very well; but such as twenty ...James Boswell John Scott[Elegies]Print: Book
1700-1799'I had brought with me a great bundle of Scotch magazines and newspapers, in which his "Journey to the Western Islands...James Boswell [n/a][various Scottish magazine reviews of Johnson's 'Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland']Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I censured some ludicrous fantastick dialogues between two coach horses and other such stuff, which Baretti had latel...James Boswell Giuseppe Baretti[unidentified 'Dialogues']Print: Book
1700-1799'He spoke slightingly of Dyer's "Fleece".— "The subject, Sir, cannot be made poetical. How can a man write poeticall...James Boswell James GraingerSugar Cane, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'[At the home of the Quaker Mr Lloyd] I having asked to look at Baskerville's edition of "Barclay's Apology", Johnson ...James Boswell Robert BarclayApology for the True Christian DivinityPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Seward mentioned to us the observations which he had made upon the strata of earth in volcanoes, from which it ap...James Boswell Patrick BrydoneTour Through Sicily and Malta. In A Series of Letters to William Beckford Esq.Print: Book
1700-1799'On Sunday, March 31, I called on him, and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered, his "Translation of Lobo'...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonTranslation of Lobo's Account of AbyssiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I observed the great defect of the tragedy of "Othello" was, that it had not a moral; for that no man could resist th...James Boswell William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1700-1799'We talked of the Reviews, and Dr. Johnson spoke of them as he did at Thrale's. Sir Joshua [Reynolds] said, what I hav...James Boswell [Monthly and Critical Reviews]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He told me that "so long ago as 1748 he had read 'The Grave, a Poem', but did not like it much." I differed from him;...James Boswell Robert Blair'The Grave, a Poem'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'On Monday, April 29, he and I made an excursion to Bristol, where I was entertained with seeing him enquire upon the ...James Boswell Thomas Chatterton[poems supposedly by Thomas Rowley]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "There is much talk of the misery which we cause to the brute creation; but they are recompensed by e...James Boswell Francis HutchesonSystem of Moral PhilosophyPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I read this [Johnson's argument regarding a legal case on the liberty of the pulpit in which Boswell was involve...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[a legal argument]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be ...James Boswell Colley CibberApology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be ...James Boswell Colley Cibber[Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has...James Boswell James GrangerBiographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the RevolutionPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Your paper on "Vicious Intromission" is a noble proof of what you can do even in Sco...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[paper on an aspect of Scottish law]Unknown
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have not yet distributed all your books [presumably a new edition of the "Journey...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] You forget that Mr. Shaw's "Erse Grammar" was put into your hands by myself last yea...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[proposals for the publication of William Shaw's 'Erse Grammar']Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Our worthy friend Thrale's death having appeared in the newspapers, and been afterwa...James Boswell [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] What do you say of Lord Chesterfield's "Memoirs and last Letters"?' James Boswell Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldMemoirs and Last LettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell Theophilus CibberLives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell Patrick Murdoch[Life of Thomson, prefixed to an edition of 'The Seasons']Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell anon.[Life of Thomson, prefixed to an edition of 'The Seasons']Print: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell Biographia BritannicaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell Biographical DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thom...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] Without doubt you have read what is called "The Life of David Hume", written by him...James Boswell David HumeMy Own LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I lately read Rasselas over again with great satisfaction'.James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , thePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] wrote also "The Convict's Address to his unhappy Brethren", a sermon delivered by Dr. Dodd [ a clergyman...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for Dr Dodd]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In the afternoon I tried to get Dr. Johnson to like the Poems of Mr. Hamilton of Bangour, which I had brought with me...James Boswell William Hamilton[poem on Winter]Print: Book
1700-1799'In the afternoon I tried to get Dr. Johnson to like the Poems of Mr. Hamilton of Bangour, which I had brought with me...James Boswell William Hamilton[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was much diverted with an article which I shewed him in the "Critical Review" of this year, giving an ac...James Boswell Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Some of the ancient philosophers held, that all deviations from right reason were madness; and whoever wishes to see ...James Boswell Thomas ArnoldObservations on InsanityPrint: Book
1700-1799'I talked to him [Johnson] of Forster's "Voyage to the South Seas", which pleased me; but I found he did not like it. ...James Boswell George ForsterVoyage Round the World in his Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, APrint: Book
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Joh...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for John Taylor]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Joh...James Boswell John TaylorSermons left for publication by the Reverend John Taylor LL.D.Print: Book
1700-1799'We viewed a remarkable natural curiosity at Islam; two rivers bursting near each other from the rock, not from immedi...James Boswell Robert PlottNatural History of StaffordshirePrint: Book
1700-1799'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to...James Boswell Gilbert BurnetSome passages of the life and death of the Right Honourable John Wilmot, Earl of RochesterPrint: Book
1700-1799'I asked whether Prior's Poems were to be printed entire: Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of...James Boswell Matthew Prior[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mallet's "Life of Bacon" has no inconsiderable merit as an acute and elegant dissertation relative to its subject; bu...James Boswell David MalletLife of Francis Bacon, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799I have read, conversed, and thought much upon the subject, and would recommend to all who are capable of conviction, a...James Boswell John RanbyDoubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] Did you ever look at a book written by Wilson, a Scotchman, under the Latin name of ...James Boswell Florentius Volusenus [pseud.]De Animi TranquillitatePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] The alarm of your late illness distressed me but a few hours ; for on the evening o...James Boswell London ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I mentioned that I had in my possession the Life of Sir Robert Sibbald, the celebrated Scottish antiquary, and founde...James Boswell Robert Sibbald[manuscript Life]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[in a conversation about journals, Boswell said] "And as a lady adjusts her dress before a mirrour, a man adjusts h...James Boswell Francis Atterbury[Funeral Sermon for Lady Cutts]Print: Book
1700-1799'I looked into Lord Kaimes's "Sketches of the History of Man"; and mentioned to Dr. Johnson his censure of Charles th...James Boswell Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for s...James Boswell Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'After wandering about in a kind of pleasing distraction for some time, I got into a corner, with Johnson, Garrick, an...James Boswell HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'After wandering about in a kind of pleasing distraction for some time, I got into a corner, with Johnson, Garrick, an...James Boswell HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] told us, that he had given Mrs. Montagu a catalogue of all Daniel Defoe's works of imagination; most, if...James Boswell Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1700-1799'On Sunday, April 12, I found him at home before dinner; Dr. Dodd's poem entitled "Thoughts in Prison" was lying upon ...James Boswell William DoddThoughts in Prison Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Mayo having asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's "View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion";-...James Boswell Soame JenynsView of the Internal Evidence of the Christian ReligionPrint: Book
1700-1799'DR. MAYO (to Dr. Johnson). "Pray, Sir, have you read Edwards, of New England, on "Grace"?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir". BOSWEL...James Boswell Jonathan Edwards[on Grace]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Allen, the printer, brought a book on agriculture, which was printed, and was soon to be published. It was a very...James Boswell William MarshallMinutes of AgriculturePrint: Book
1700-1799'I told him, that his "Rasselas" had often made me unhappy; for it represented the misery of human life so well, and s...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonHistory of Rasselas, Prince of AbissiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Boswell lamenting the dificulty of compiling a definitive Johnson bibliography] I once got from one of his friends ...James Boswell [list of Johnson's works compiled by Mr Levett]Manuscript: Unknown
'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] 'I am eager to see more of your Prefaces to the Poets; I solace myself with the few ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: proof sheets
'Johnson this year expressed great satisfaction at the publication of the first volume of "Discourses to the Royal Aca...James Boswell Joshua ReynoldsDiscourses Delivered at the Royal AcademyPrint: Book
'On Friday, April 2, being Good-Friday, I visited him in the morning as usual; and finding that we insensibly fell int...James Boswell Richard AllestreeGovernment of the Tongue, ThePrint: Book
'In the interval between morning and evening service, he [Johnson] endeavoured to employ himself earnestly in devotion...James Boswell Blaise PascalPenseesPrint: Book
'On Monday, May 3, I dined with him at Mr. Dilly's; I pressed him this day for his opinion on the passage in Parnell, ...James Boswell Thomas ParnellHermit, ThePrint: Book
'shall insert as a literary curiosity. [The letter is given. It begins as follows] "TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. DEAR S...James Boswell Hugh Blair[letter concerning Pope and Bolingbroke]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'So easy is his style in these "Lives", that I do not recollect more than three uncommon or learned words; one, when g...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLives of the PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Croft's 'Life of Young, adapted by Johnson for his 'Life'] has always appeared to me to have a considerable share of...James Boswell Herbert CroftLife of YoungPrint: Book
1700-1799''It gives me much pleasure to observe, that however Johnson may have casually talked, yet when he sits, as "an ardent...James Boswell Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799''It gives me much pleasure to observe, that however Johnson may have casually talked, yet when he sits, as "an ardent...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[Life of Young in 'Lives of the Poets']Print: Book
1700-1799'Miss Hannah More has admirably described a [italics] Blue-stocking Club [end italics], in her "Bas Bleu", a poem in w...James Boswell Hannah MoreBas Bleu; or ConversationPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'that gentleman [Dr Shebbeare], whatever objections were made to him, had knowledge and abilities much above the class...James Boswell John ShebbeareLetters on the English NationPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson and Shebbeare were frequently named together, as having in former reigns had no predilection for the family o...James Boswell William MasonHeroick Epistle to Sir William ChambersPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson praised the Earl of Carlisle's Poems, which his Lordship had published with his name, as not disdaining to be...James Boswell William Whitehead'Elegy to Lord Villiers'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Soon after this time I had an opportunity of seeing, by means of one of his friends, a proof that his talents, as wel...James Boswell George CrabbeVillage, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'That learned and ingenious Prelate [Dr Hurd] it is well known published at one period of his life "Moral and Politica...James Boswell Richard HurdMoral and Political Dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons of the past and present agePrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that h...James Boswell Giovanni Paolo MaranaLetters written by a Turkish spy, who lived five and forty years undiscovered at Paris: giving an impartial account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the most remarkable transactions of Europe: and discovering several intrigues and secrets ...Print: Book
1700-1799'Horace having been mentioned; BOSWELL. "There is a great deal of thinking in his works. One finds there almost every ...James Boswell HoracePrint: Book
1700-1799'I wrote to him, begging to know the state of his health, and mentioned that Baxter's "Anacreon", "which is in the lib...James Boswell AnacreonPrint: Book
1700-1799'A pleasing instance of the generous attention of one of his [Dr Johnson's] friends has been discovered by the publica...James Boswell Hester Lynch ThraleLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was very quiescent to-day [17th May 1784] . Perhaps too I was indolent. I find nothing more of him in my note...James Boswell Thomas a KempisImitation of ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'I brought a volume of Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's "Sermons", and read to the company some passages from one of...James Boswell Richard HurdSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I mentioned Jeremy Taylor's using, in his forms of prayer, "I am the chief of sinners", and other such self-condemnin...James Boswell Jeremy TaylorGolden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and litanies Print: Book
1700-1799'We may apply to him [Johnson] a sentence in Mr. Greville's "Maxims, Characters, and Reflections"; a book which is ent...James Boswell Fulke GrevilleMaxims, Characters, and Reflections, Critical, Satyrical, and Moral Print: Book
1700-1799'These Voyages, (pointing to the three large volumes of "Voyages to the South Sea", which were just come out) who will...James Boswell [books of Voyages to the South Seas]Print: Book
1700-1799'When I pointed out to him in the newspaper one of Mr. Grattan's animated and glowing speeches, in favour of the freed...James Boswell [a newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'I shewed him some verses on Lichfield by Miss Seward, which I had that day received from her, and had the pleasure to...James Boswell Anna Seward[poem on Lichfield]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I shall now fulfil my promise of exhibiting specimens of various sorts of imitation of Johnson's style. In the "T...James Boswell Robert Burrowes[Essay on Johnson's style]Print: Book
1700-1799'A distinguished authour in "The Mirror", a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh, has imitated Johnson very closel...James Boswell Henry Mackenzie[imitation of Johnson]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'A distinguished authour in "The Mirror", a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh, has imitated Johnson very closel...James Boswell Vicesimus KnoxEssays Moral and Literary Print: Book
1700-1799'A distinguished authour in "The Mirror", a periodical paper, published at Edinburgh, has imitated Johnson very closel...James Boswell John YoungCriticism on Gray's Elegy in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Two very valuable articles, I am sure, we have lost [when Johnson, dying, burnt many of his papers] , which were two ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[MS Autobiography]Manuscript: quarto volumes
1700-1799'I told him that from reading Gay's writings, I had taken an affection to his Grace's family from my earliest years.'James Boswell John Gay[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I have now one great satisfaction, which is reading Hume's "History". It entertains and instructs me. It elevates my ...James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'David Hume and John Dryden are at present my companions'James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'David Hume and John Dryden are at present my companions'James Boswell John Dryden[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Some time ago I left off the pamphlet shop in the passage to the Temple Exchange Coffee-house, and took "The North Br...James Boswell [n/a]The North BritonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Some time ago I left off the pamphlet shop in the passage to the Temple Exchange Coffee-house, and took "The North Br...James Boswell [unknown][novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'This forenoon I read the history of Joseph and his brethren, which melted my heart and drew tears from my eyes. It is...James Boswell [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'I employed the day in reading Hume's "History", which enlarged my views, filled me with great ideas, and rendered me ...James Boswell David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'I then got "The North Briton" and read it at Child's. I shall do so now every Saturday evening'James Boswell [n/a]The North BritonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'At night at home, I read the Church service by myself with great devotion'James Boswell [n/a][Church service]Print: Book
1700-1799'I returned to my friend's chambers and we read some of Mr Addison's papers in "The Spectator" with infinite relish'James Boswell Joseph AddisonThe SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In my younger years I had read in the "Lives of the Convicts" so much about Tyburn that I had a sort of horrid eagern...James Boswell [unknown]Lives of the convictsPrint: Book

 

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