| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1700-1799 | '[letter from Boswell, to Johnson] It gives me much pleasure to hear that a republication of "Isaac Walton's Lives" is... | David Dalrymple, lord Hailes | Izaak Walton | Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert Sanderson | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | '[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Lord Hailes writes to me [...] "I am singularly obliged to Dr. Johnson for accurate ... | David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes | David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes | Annals of Scotland | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | '[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Lord Hailes writes to me [...] "I am singularly obliged to Dr. Johnson for accurate ... | David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes | Samuel Johnson | [Latin verses upon Inchkenneth] | Manuscript: Unknown, in latin |
| 1700-1799 | 'I asked whether Prior's Poems were to be printed entire: Johnson said they were. I mentioned Lord Hailes's censure of... | David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes | Matthew Prior | [Poems] | Print: Book |