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1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Samuel Johnson

 

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1700-1799"Samuel Johnson ... annotated a copy of a religious work in 1755 so he could exchange views with a woman he loved, Hi...Samuel Johnson religious workPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'When he [Johnson] was a child in petticoats, and had learnt to read, Mrs Johnson one morning put the common prayer-bo...Samuel Johnson Book of Common Prayer [collect for the day]Print: Book
1700-1799'He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Lichfield. He to...Samuel Johnson [reading lessons]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes conce...Samuel Johnson [romances of chivalry]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes conce...Samuel Johnson Melchor de OrtegaFelixmarte de HircaniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way, and inclin...Samuel Johnson Petrarch[works]Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amuse...Samuel Johnson [various works of classics and literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amuse...Samuel Johnson AnacreonPrint: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amuse...Samuel Johnson HesiodPrint: Book
1700-1799'His figure and manner appeared strange to them [the company on the night of Johnson's arrival in Oxford]; but he beha...Samuel Johnson Ambrosius Theodosius MacrobiusPrint: Book
1700-1799'Having given such a specimen of his poetical powers, he was asked by Mr Jorden to translate Pope's Messiah into Latin...Samuel Johnson Alexander PopeMessiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil's PollioPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Sunday (said he) was a heavy day to me when I was a boy. My mother confined me on that day, and made me read "The Wh...Samuel Johnson Richard AllestreeWhole Duty of Man, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'"The church in Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches...Samuel Johnson Print: Book
1700-1799'"When at Oxford, I took up Law's "Serious Call to a Holy Life", expecting to find it a dull book (as such books gener...Samuel Johnson William LawSerious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, APrint: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...Samuel Johnson Euripides[Tragedies]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...Samuel Johnson VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...Samuel Johnson VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...Samuel Johnson HoraceArs PoeticaPrint: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...Samuel Johnson TheocritusPrint: Book
1700-1799'He appears, from his early notes or memorandums in my possession, to have at various times attempted, or at least pla...Samuel Johnson JuvenalTenth SatirePrint: Book
1700-1799'[referring to his translation of Lobo's "Voyage to Abyssinia"] Johnson upon this exerted the powers of his mind, thou...Samuel Johnson Jeronimo LoboVoyage to Abyssinia , APrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr Peter Garrick, the elder brother of David, told me that he remembered Johnson's borrowing the "Turkish History" of...Samuel Johnson [Turkish History]Print: Book
1700-1799'"The Gentleman's Magazine", begun and carried on by Mr Edward Cave , under the name of SYLVANUS URBAN, had attracted ...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Gentleman's Magazine, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Mr Peter Garrick told me, that Johnson and he went together to the Fountain tavern, and read it over, and that he aft...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonIreneManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I have read the Italian - nothing in it is well' Samuel Johnson [unknown]['The Italian' - unknown text]Unknown
1700-1799'Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpe...Samuel Johnson Thomas Birch[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'The authorities [for the definitions in Johnson's Dictionary] were copied from the books themselves, in which he had ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][sources for his Dictionary]Print: Book
1700-1799'[thanking Warton for a book he has sent ] You have shewn to all, who shall hereafter attempt the study of our ancient...Samuel Johnson Thomas WartonObservations on the Faerie Queene of SpenserPrint: Book
1700-1799'Here was an excellent library; particularly, a valuable collection of books in Northern literature, with which Johnso...Samuel Johnson [unknown][books of Northern literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'There is an old English and Latin book of poems by Barclay, called "The Ship of Fools"; at the end of which are a num...Samuel Johnson Alexander BarclayShip of Fools, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitate...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth HarrisonMiscellaniesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitate...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth Rowe[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitate...Samuel Johnson Isaac Watts[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[according to Thomas Campbell] he begged of me that when I returned to Ireland, I would endeavour to procure for him ...Samuel Johnson Samuel MaddenBoulter's MonumentManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English la...Samuel Johnson Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1850-1899'Her [Mrs Sheridan's] novel, entitled "Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph", contains an excellent moral, while it inculc...Samuel Johnson Frances SheridanMemoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Sir, this book ("The Elements of Criticism", which he had taken up,) is a pretty essay, and deserves to be held in so...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1850-1899'At this time the controversy concerning the pieces published by Mr James Macpherson as translations of [italics] Ossi...Samuel Johnson James MacphersonFragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1850-1899'His [Colley Cibber's] friends gave out that he [italics] intended [end italics] his birth-day "Odes" should be bad: b...Samuel Johnson Colley Cibber[Odes]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'"Cibber's familiar style, however, was better than that which Whitehead has assumed. [italics] Grand [end italics] no...Samuel Johnson William Whitehead[poem on Garrick]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Sir, I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination, nor much command of words. The obscurity i...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Dr John Campbell, the celebrated political and biographical writer, being mentioned, Johnson said, "Campbell is a man...Samuel Johnson John CampbellHermippus Redivivus: Or, the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave. Print: Book
1850-1899'He talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry, observing, that "it had a temporary currency, only from its auda...Samuel Johnson Charles Churchill[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque "Ode on St. Cecilia's day, adapted to the ancient British music, viz....Samuel Johnson Bonnell ThorntonOde on St. Cecilia's day, adapted to the ancient British music, viz. the salt-box, the jews- harp, the marrow-bones and cleaver, the hum-strum or hurdy-gurdy, &cPrint: Unknown
1850-1899I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thin...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Connoisseur, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899I mentioned the periodical paper called "The Connoisseur." He said it wanted matter. No doubt it has not the deep thin...Samuel Johnson [n/a]World, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'On Tuesday the 5th of July, I again visited Johnson. He told me he had looked into the poems of a pretty voluminous w...Samuel Johnson John Ogilvie[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is...Samuel Johnson Pierre BayleHistorical and Critical DictionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is...Samuel Johnson John Arbuthnot[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is...Samuel Johnson Joseph Addison[unknown]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...Samuel Johnson Frederick II King of Prussia[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'The conversation now turned upon Mr. David Hume's style. Johnson. "Why, Sir, his style is not English; the structure ...Samuel Johnson David Hume[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "Hume, and other sceptical innovators, are vain men, and will gratify themselves at any expence. Trut...Samuel Johnson David HumeEnquiry concerning Human Understanding Print: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost a...Samuel Johnson [unknown][unknown]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...Samuel Johnson Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He told me, that his father had put Martin's account of those islands into his hands when he was very young, and that...Samuel Johnson Martin MartinDescription of the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. Johnson. "Swift has a higher reputa...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'On Thursday, July 28, we again supped in private at the Turk's Head coffee-house. Johnson. "Swift has a higher reputa...Samuel Johnson James Thomson[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Buchanan, he said, was a very fine poet; and observed that he was the first who complimented a lady, by ascribing to ...Samuel Johnson George BuchananNympha CaledoniaePrint: Book
1700-1799'He had in his pocket, "Pomponius Mela de Situ Orbis," in which he read occasionally, and seemed very intent upon anci...Samuel Johnson Pomponius MelaDe situ orbisPrint: Book
1700-1799'He talked of Mr. Blacklock's poetry, so far as it was descriptive of visible objects; and observed, that "as its auth...Samuel Johnson Thomas Blacklock[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'He said of Goldsmith's "Traveller," which had been published in my absence, "There has not been so fine a poem since ...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal; Johnson answered, that he thought...Samuel Johnson [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth, which he seemed to have read, and asked Johns...Samuel Johnson [unknown][Lowth-Warburton controversy]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'His Majesty then talked of the controversy between Warburton and Lowth, which he seemed to have read, and asked Johns...Samuel Johnson George, Lord LytteltonHistory of the Life of Henry the Second Print: Book
1700-1799'The King then asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill. Johnson answered, he was an ingenious man, but had no veracity; ...Samuel Johnson Dr Hill[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'The King then asked him if there were any other literary journals published in this kingdom, except the "Monthly" and...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Philosophical Transactions of the Royal SocietyPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'"Sir, (continued he) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners;...Samuel Johnson Henry Fielding[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Sir, (continued he) there is all the difference in the world between characters of nature and characters of manners;...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Dr Johnson] said, "Macaulay, who writes the account of St. Kilda, set out with a prejudice against prejudice, and...Samuel Johnson Kenneth MacaulayHistory of St Kilda Print: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and y...Samuel Johnson David HumeHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and y...Samuel Johnson Voltaire[books of history]Print: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and y...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and y...Samuel Johnson William RobertsonHistory of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'He praised Signor Baretti. "His account of Italy is a very entertaining book; and, Sir, I know no man who carries his...Samuel Johnson Joseph BarettiAccount of the Manners and Customs of Italy; with Observations on the Mistakes of some Travellers, with Regard to that CountryPrint: 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...Samuel Johnson James Thomson[poetry]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...Samuel Johnson James Thomson[letters to his sisters and accounts by them of his character]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Swift having been mentioned, Johnson, as usual, treated him with little respect as an author. Some of us endeavoured ...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftThe Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War
1700-1799'Many years ago, when I used to read in the library of your College, I promised to recompence the college for that per...Samuel Johnson [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior. He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man wh...Samuel Johnson Matthew PriorAlexis shunn'd his fellow swainsPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those...Samuel Johnson Alexander PopeDunciad, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those...Samuel Johnson Alexander PopePastoralsPrint: Book
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those...Samuel Johnson William CongreveMourning Bride, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those...Samuel Johnson John DrydenAbsalom and AchitophelPrint: Book
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those...Samuel Johnson William Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Montague, a lady distinguished for having written an Essay on Shakspeare [sic], being mentioned:—Reynolds. "I ...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth MontaguEssay on the Writings and Genius of ShakespearPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that h...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that h...Samuel Johnson Edmund BurkePhilosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that h...Samuel Johnson Jean-Baptiste Dubos[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that h...Samuel Johnson Dominique Bouhours[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that h...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1700-1799'The ballad of Hardyknute has no great merit, if it be really ancient. People talk of nature. But mere obvious nature ...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth, Lady WardlawHardyknutePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Boswell. "You have read his [Cibber's] apology, Sir ?" Johnson. "Yes, it is very entertaining. But as for Cibber hims...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberApology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'Buchanan (he observed,) has fewer [italics] centos [end italics] than any modern Latin poet. He not only had great kn...Samuel Johnson George Buchanan[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "What do you think of Dr. Young's 'Night Thoughts,' Sir?" Johnson. "Why, Sir, there are many fine things in ...Samuel Johnson Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799'"The London Chronicle", which was the only newspaper he constantly took in, being brought, the office of reading it a...Samuel Johnson [n/a]London ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'[Boswell having expressed doubt about the power of prayer, Johnson] mentioned Dr. Clarke and Bishop Bramhall on "Libe...Samuel Johnson John BramhallDiscourse of Liberty and Necessity Print: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having expressed doubt about the power of prayer, Johnson] mentioned Dr. Clarke and Bishop Bramhall on "Libe...Samuel Johnson SouthSermons on PrayerPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Winds...Samuel Johnson Walter HarteHistory of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of SwedenPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Winds...Samuel Johnson [unknown]['black letter', ie gothic text books - medieval to 16th c.]Print: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish london-based priest friend of Johnson] Speaking of Mr. Harte, Canon of Winds...Samuel Johnson Robert BurtonAnatomy of Melancholy, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'[from an account by Dr Maxwell, an Irish London-based priest friend of Johnson] He much commended Law's "Serious Call...Samuel Johnson William LawSerious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Print: Book
1700-1799'Of Dr. Priestley's theological works, he remarked, that they tended to unsettle every thing, and yet settled nothing....Samuel Johnson Joseph Priestley[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of the French novels, compared with Richardson's, he said, they might be pretty baubles, but a wren was not ...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of the French novels, compared with Richardson's, he said, they might be pretty baubles, but a wren was not ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][French novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues he deemed a nugatory performance. "That man, (said he,) sat down to write a book, to tell ...Samuel Johnson George, first Lord LytteltonDialogues of the DeadPrint: Book
1700-1799'The poem of "Fingal", he said, was a mere unconnected rhapsody, a tiresome repetition of the same images. "In vain sh...Samuel Johnson James MacPherson'Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem' [from Poems of Ossian]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Boetius, who was the favourite writer of the middle ages, he said it was very surprising, that upon such ...Samuel Johnson Boethius[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Arthur Murphy, whom he very much loved, "I don't know (said he) that Arthur can be classed with the very ...Samuel Johnson Arthur Murphy[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Speaking of Homer, whom he venerated as the prince of poets, Johnson remarked that the advice given to Diomed by his ...Samuel Johnson HomerIliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was last night at the Club. Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many [italics] fits [end italics]; it is pretty ...Samuel Johnson Thomas PercyHermit of Warkworth, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799He had said in the morning that "Macaulay's 'History of St. Kilda' was very well written, except some foppery about li...Samuel Johnson Kenneth MacaulayHistory of St KildaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I then reminded him of the schoolmaster's cause [a legal case on corporal punisment that Boswell was defending], and ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][legal case papers]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'The Swede [Mr Kristrom] went away, and Mr. Johnson continued his reading of the papers. I said, "I am afraid, Sir, it...Samuel Johnson [unknown][legal case papers]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'What philosophy suggests to us on this topick [the possibility of life after death] is probable: what Scripture tells...Samuel Johnson Henry More[theological works]Print: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "I do not know whether there are any well attested stories of the appearance of ghosts. You know there is a ...Samuel Johnson Charles DrelincourtChristians Defense against the Fears of DeathPrint: 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 ...Samuel Johnson Mark AkensidePleasures of Imagination, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Dr Johnson] said, "Goldsmith's 'Life of Parnell' is poor; not that it is poorly written, but that he had poor mat...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithLife of Parnell Print: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Jo...Samuel Johnson Owen RuffheadLife of Alexander PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Jo...Samuel Johnson 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...Samuel Johnson 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...Samuel Johnson Henry FieldingTom JonesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Fielding being mentioned, Johnson exclaimed, "he was a blockhead :" and upon my expressing my astonishment at so stra...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson[novels]Print: Book
1700-1799'A book of travels, lately published under the title of [italics] Coriat Junior [end italics], and written by Mr. Pate...Samuel Johnson Samuel PatersonAnother Traveller: or Cursory Remarks and Critical Observations made upon a Journey through Part of the Netherlands Print: Book
1700-1799'A book of travels, lately published under the title of [italics] Coriat Junior [end italics], and written by Mr. Pate...Samuel Johnson Laurence SterneSentimental Journey, APrint: Book
1700-1799'A book of travels, lately published under the title of [italics] Coriat Junior [end italics], and written by Mr. Pate...Samuel Johnson Thomas CoryatCoryat's Crudities: Hastily gobled up in Five Moneth's Travels Print: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Tacitus, and I hazarded an opinion that with all his merit for penetration, shrewdness of judgment, and ...Samuel Johnson TacitusHistoriesPrint: Book
1700-1799'At this time it appears from his "Prayers and Meditations," that he had been more than commonly diligent in religious...Samuel Johnson [n/a]BiblePrint: 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...Samuel Johnson Francis Osborne[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Beattie's book is, I believe, every day more liked; at least, I like it more as I look more upon it.'Samuel Johnson James BeattieMinstrel, The; or, The Progress of GeniusPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have read your kind letter much more than the elegant Pindar which it accompanied'. Samuel Johnson Pindar[poems]Print: Book
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 ...Samuel Johnson Oliver Goldsmith[apology for beating a bookseller]Unknown
1700-1799'I mentioned Sir John Dalrymple's "Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland", and his discoveries to the prejudice of Lord...Samuel Johnson John DalrympleMemoirs of Great Britain and Ireland Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked with approbation of an intended edition of "The Spectator," with notes; two volumes of which had been prepa...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonSpectator, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He talked with approbation of an intended edition of "The Spectator," with notes; two volumes of which had been prepa...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonSpectator, The Print: Book
1700-1799'On Thursday, April 8, I sat a good part of the evening with him, but he was very silent. He said, "Burnet's 'History ...Samuel Johnson Gilbert BurnetHistory of My Own TimePrint: 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...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Greek New TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "I rather think, Sir, that Toryism prevails in this reign." Johnson. "I know not why you should think so, Si...Samuel Johnson George Lyttelton, 1st Baron LytteltonHistory of the Life of Henry the Second Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Elphinston talked of a new book that was much admired, and asked Dr. Johnson if he had read it. Johnson. "I have ...Samuel Johnson [unknown][a recently published book]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithDeserted Village, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithRoman History From The Foundation of The City of RomPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson William RobertsonHistory of Scotland 1542 - 1603Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithHistory of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His SonPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson Rene Aubert VertotRévolutions romains Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Dese...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple[books of history]Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson praised John Bunyan highly. "His 'Pilgrim's Progress' has great merit, both for invention, imagination, and t...Samuel Johnson John BunyanPilgrim's Progress, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson praised John Bunyan highly. "His 'Pilgrim's Progress' has great merit, both for invention, imagination, and t...Samuel Johnson Dante AlighieriDivine ComedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Talking of puns, Johnson, who had a great contempt for that species of wit, deigned to allow that there was one good ...Samuel Johnson Monsieur MenageMenagiana Ou Les Bons MotsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson said, I might see the subject [a controversy about the Church of Scotland] well treated in the "Defence of Pl...Samuel Johnson Henry WhartonDefence of Pluralities, APrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] attacked Lord Monboddo's strange speculation on the primitive state of human nature; observing, "Sir, it...Samuel Johnson James Burnett, Lord MonboddoOf the Origin and Progress of LanguagePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter to George Steevens] I thank you for "Neander", but wish he were not so fine. I will take care of him'. Samuel Johnson Joachim Neander[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Letter to Boswell] Dr. Webster's informations were much less exact and much less determinate than I expected: they a...Samuel Johnson Alexander Webster[census of Scotland]Manuscript: Codex
1700-1799' [Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Your critical notes on the specimen of Lord Hailes's "Annals of Scotland" are excel...Samuel Johnson 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...Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert Sanderson Print: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] There has appeared lately in the papers an account of a boat overset between Mull a...Samuel Johnson [n/a][newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799' [Letter from Johnson to Boswell] Last night I corrected the last page of our "Journey to the Hebrides".' Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland. Print: proofs
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I conside...Samuel Johnson [n/a][Greek Testaments]Print: Book
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I conside...Samuel Johnson VirgilEcloguesPrint: Book
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I conside...Samuel Johnson Virgil8th EcloguePrint: Book
1700-1799'In his [Johnson's] manuscript diary of this year, there is the following entry: "Nov. 27. Advent Sunday. I conside...Samuel Johnson Virgil1st GeorgicPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to John Hoole] I have returned your play, which you will find underscored with red, where there ...Samuel Johnson John HooleCleoniceManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have at last sent back Lord Hailes's sheets, I never think about returning them, ...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftTale of a Tub, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftDrapier's Letters, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift,...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPlan for the Improvement of the English Language Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson. "Sheridan is a wonderful admirer of the tragedy of Douglas, and presented its author with a gold medal. Some...Samuel Johnson John HomeDouglas, A tragedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand ...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand ...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayThe Bard: A Pindaric OdePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Lord Chesterfield's letters being mentioned, Johnson said, "It was not to be wondered at that they had so great a sal...Samuel Johnson Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters to his SonPrint: Book
1700-1799'The "Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion," in ridicule of "cool Mason and warm Gray", being mentioned, Johnson said, "They...Samuel Johnson George ColmanTwo Odes: To Obscurity and To OblivionPrint: Book
1700-1799'The "Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion," in ridicule of "cool Mason and warm Gray", being mentioned, Johnson said, "They...Samuel Johnson William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Lady Miller's collection of verses by fashionable people, which were put into her Vase at Batheaston Villa, near Bath...Samuel Johnson [unknown][verses deposited in Lady Miller's vase]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson, as usual, spoke contemptuously of Colley Cibber. "It is wonderful that a man, who for forty years had li...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberCareless Husband, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson Richard TwissTravels through Portugal and Spain Print: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson John George KeyslerTravels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and LorrainPrint: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson Henri Marie Ducrotay de BlainvilleTravels through Holland, Germany and Switzerland, but especially Italy, with mapsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson Patrick BrydoneTour Through Sicily and Malta: In a Series of Letters to William Beckford Print: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonRemarks on Several Parts of ItalyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Friday, April 7, I dined with him at a Tavern, with a numerous company. Johnson. "I have been reading Twiss's 'Travel...Samuel Johnson Richard PocockeDescription of the East and Some other Countries,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 ...Samuel Johnson John Scott[Elegies]Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked of Isaac Walton's "Lives", which was one of his most favourite books. Dr. Donne's "Life", he said, was the ...Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robert SandersonPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "Hudibras" affords a strong proof how much hold political principles had then upon the minds of men. T...Samuel Johnson Samuel ButlerHudibrasPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson praised "The Spectator," particularly the character of Sir Roger de Coverley. He said, "Sir Roger did not die...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonSpectator, The [Roger de Coverley essays]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Johnson praised "The Spectator," particularly the character of Sir Roger de Coverley. He said, "Sir Roger did not die...Samuel Johnson Miguel de CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have now three parcels of Lord Hailes's history, which I purpose to return all the...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] I have now three parcels of Lord Hailes's history, which I purpose to return all the...Samuel Johnson Charles-Jean-François Henault[history]Print: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 24. Tuesday. We visited the King's library.—I saw the "Speculum humanae Salvationis", rudely printed with ink,...Samuel Johnson BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 24. Tuesday. We visited the King's library.—I saw the "Speculum humanae Salvationis", rudely printed with ink,...Samuel Johnson anon.Speculum humanae SalvationisPrint: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 24. Tuesday. We visited the King's library.—I saw the "Speculum humanae Salvationis", rudely printed with ink,...Samuel Johnson [n/a]Durandi Sanctuarium Print: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some ...Samuel Johnson Giovanni Boccacio[tales from the 'Decameron']Print: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some ...Samuel Johnson Petrarch[unknown oration]Print: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some ...Samuel Johnson Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland[unknown text - letters?- presumably addressed to his associate George Sandys]Print: Book
1700-1799'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some ...Samuel Johnson John Dryden[preface to his 'Poetical Miscellanies', vol. 3]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Letter to Boswell] I Have at last sent you all Lord Hailes's papers. While I was in France, I looked very often into...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Letter to Boswell] I Have at last sent you all Lord Hailes's papers. While I was in France, I looked very often into...Samuel Johnson Charles Jean François HenaultAbrege chronologique de l'histoire de FrancePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson opined that] Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy" is a valuable work. It is, perhaps, overloaded with quotation....Samuel Johnson Robert BurtonAnatomy of Melancholy, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "But, Sir, may there not be very good conversation without a contest for superiority." Johnson. "No animated...Samuel Johnson Jason de Nores[edition of Horace with commentary]Print: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "But, Sir, may there not be very good conversation without a contest for superiority." Johnson. "No animated...Samuel Johnson Richard Bentley[edition of Horace with commentary]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "When Lord Lyttelton's 'Dialogues of the Dead' came out, one of which is between Apicius, an ancient ...Samuel Johnson John CampbellPolitical Survey of Great Britain, APrint: Book
1700-1799'I censured some ludicrous fantastick dialogues between two coach horses and other such stuff, which Baretti had latel...Samuel Johnson Laurence SterneLife and Opinions of Tristam ShandyPrint: Book
1700-1799'He spoke slightingly of Dyer's "Fleece".— "The subject, Sir, cannot be made poetical. How can a man write poeticall...Samuel Johnson John DyerFleece, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He spoke slightingly of Dyer's "Fleece".— "The subject, Sir, cannot be made poetical. How can a man write poeticall...Samuel Johnson James GraingerSugar Cane, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He spoke slightingly of Dyer's "Fleece".— "The subject, Sir, cannot be made poetical. How can a man write poeticall...Samuel Johnson James GraingerPoetical translation of the elegies of Tibullus, A; and of the poems of SulpiciaPrint: 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 ...Samuel Johnson Robert BarclayApology for the True Christian DivinityPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] The excellent Mr. Nelson's "Festivals and Fasts," which has, I understand, the greatest sale of any b...Samuel Johnson Robert NelsonCompanion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, A Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] The excellent Mr. Nelson's "Festivals and Fasts," which has, I understand, the greatest sale of any b...Samuel Johnson Joseph Holden Pott[sermons on church holidays]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Mr. Seward mentioned to us the observations which he had made upon the strata of earth in volcanoes, from which it ap...Samuel Johnson Patrick BrydoneTour Through Sicily and Malta. In A Series of Letters to William Beckford Esq.Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson had with him upon this jaunt, "Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra", a romance praised by Cervantes; but did not like ...Samuel Johnson Francisco de MoraisIl Palmerino d'InghilterraPrint: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in so...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, The: or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all KindsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in so...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEssay on Health and Long LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Dr Johnson] expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd, for having published a mutilated edition under the title of "S...Samuel Johnson Abraham CowleySelected WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Flatman's Poems; and Mrs. Thrale observed, that Pope had partly borrowed from him "The dying Christian t...Samuel Johnson Thomas Flatman[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Murphy said, that "The Memoirs of Gray's Life" set him much higher in his estimation than his poems did; "for you...Samuel Johnson Thomas Gray[Memoirs]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Murphy said, that "The Memoirs of Gray's Life" set him much higher in his estimation than his poems did; "for you...Samuel Johnson Mark Akenside[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Murphy said, that "The Memoirs of Gray's Life" set him much higher in his estimation than his poems did; "for you...Samuel Johnson William Mason[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Talking of the Reviews, Johnson said, "I think them very impartial: I do not know an instance of partiality". He ment...Samuel Johnson Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Talking of the Reviews, Johnson said, "I think them very impartial: I do not know an instance of partiality". He ment...Samuel Johnson Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Talking of "The Spectator", he said, "It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers, in the half of t...Samuel Johnson Henry Grove'Novelty' [essay in The Spectator]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson said, "Thomson had a true poetical genius, the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light. His faul...Samuel Johnson James Thomson[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] You may find wit and humour in verse, and yet no poetry. "Hudibras" has a profusion of these; yet it ...Samuel Johnson Ibbot'Fit of the Spleen, A'Print: 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...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1700-1799'He said, he wished to see John Dennis's "Critical Works" collected. Davies said they would not sell. Dr. Johnson seem...Samuel Johnson John Dennis[critical works]Print: Serial / periodical, presumably not in a book if Johnson wanted them to be collected
1700-1799'He told us, he read Fielding's "Amelia" through without stopping'.Samuel Johnson Henry FieldingAmeliaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua [Reynolds] mentioned Mr. Cumberland's "Odes", which were just published. JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, they would ha...Samuel Johnson Richard Cumberland[Odes]Print: Book
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;...Samuel Johnson 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 ...Samuel Johnson Thomas Chatterton[poems supposedly by Thomas Rowley]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson said of Chatterton, "This is the most extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge. It is wonder...Samuel Johnson Thomas Chatterton[poems supposedly by Thomas Rowley]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [Johnson said] The little volumes entitled "Respublicae", which are very well done, were a bookseller's work'. Samuel Johnson RespublicaePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] Lord Chesterfield's "Letters to his Son", I think, might be made a very pretty book. Take out the imm...Samuel Johnson Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of ChesterfieldLetters to his SonPrint: Book
1700-1799'I read (said he [Johnson],) Sharpe's letters on Italy over again, when I was at Bath. There is a great deal of matter...Samuel Johnson Samuel SharpLetters from Italy, describing the Customs and Manners of that CountryPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] Lord Hailes's "Annals of Scotland" have not that painted form which is the taste of this age; but it ...Samuel Johnson David Dalrymple, Lord HailesAnnals of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend....Samuel Johnson William Lowth[biblical commentaries - old testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend....Samuel Johnson Patrick[biblical commentaries - old testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend....Samuel Johnson Henry HammondA Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Books of the New TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be ...Samuel Johnson Colley Cibber[Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be ...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberAn Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] He [Colley Cibber] abused Pindar to me, and then shewed me an Ode of his own, with an absurd couplet, ...Samuel Johnson Colley Cibber[an Ode]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes talked of the contested passage in Horace's "Art of Poetry", "[italics] Difficile est prop...Samuel Johnson HoraceArs poeticaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having complained that he was suffering from melancholy, Johnson wrote] 'Read Cheyne's "English Malady"; but...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Since I wrote, I have looked over Mr. Maclaurin's plea, and think it excellent. [ a...Samuel Johnson [legal documents relating to Mr Maclaurin]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has...Samuel Johnson James GrangerBiographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the RevolutionPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Boswell] Xenophon observes, in his "Treatise of Oeconomy", that if every thing be kept in a c...Samuel Johnson Xenophon OeconomicusPrint: Book
1700-1799' [publisher Mr Strahan] received from Johnson on Christmas-eve, a note in which was the following paragraph: "I h...Samuel Johnson Hugh Blair[a sermon]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Dr. Blair is printing some sermons. If they are all like the first, which I have re...Samuel Johnson Hugh Blair[A Sermon]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to Boswell] Please to return Dr. Blair thanks for his sermons. The Scotch write English wonderf...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Charles O' Connor] Dr. Leland begins his history too late: the ages which deserve an exact en...Samuel Johnson Thomas LelandHistory of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'This letter [printed above; from Dr Dodd, a clergyman condemned to death, asking Johnson to help him appeal for cleme...Samuel Johnson William Dodd[letter]Manuscript: Letter
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...Samuel Johnson William Hamilton'Ah the poor shepherd's mournful fate'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...Samuel Johnson William Hamilton[imitations of Horace]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...Samuel Johnson William Hamilton'Inscription in a Summer house'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...Samuel Johnson William Hamilton[poem on Winter]Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] observed, that a gentleman of eminence in literature [Thomas Warton] had got into a bad style of poetry ...Samuel Johnson Thomas Warton[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson] praised Blair's sermons: "Yet", said he, (willing to let us see he was aware that fashionable fame, howeve...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: 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...Samuel Johnson Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
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. ...Samuel Johnson George ForsterVoyage Round the World in his Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, APrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Burke's "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America", being mentioned, Johnson censured the com...Samuel Johnson Edmund BurkeLetter To The Sheriffs Of Bristol Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Gilbert BurnetSome passages of the life and death of the Right Honourable John Wilmot, Earl of RochesterPrint: 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...Samuel Johnson John Wilmot, Lord Rochester[Poems]Print: 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...Samuel Johnson Matthew Prior[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [itali...Samuel Johnson HoraceOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [itali...Samuel Johnson VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [itali...Samuel Johnson HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] told me that Bacon was a favourite authour with him; but he had never read his works till he was compili...Samuel Johnson Francis BaconPrint: Book
1700-1799'He praised Grainger's "Ode on Solitude", in Dodsley's "Collection", and repeated, with great energy, the exordium:- ...Samuel Johnson James Grainger'Ode on Solitude'Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson. "I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining." Boswell. "What, Sir, a good book...Samuel Johnson Philip ThicknesseObservations on the Customs and Manners of the French NationPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was very silent this evening ; and read in a variety of books ; suddenly throwing down one, and taking u...Samuel Johnson Print: Book
1700-1799'I had lent him "An Account of Scotland, in 1702," written by a man of various enquiry, an English chaplain to a regim...Samuel Johnson Martin Martin Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Print: Book
1700-1799'I had lent him "An Account of Scotland, in 1702," written by a man of various enquiry, an English chaplain to a regim...Samuel Johnson Thomas MorerShort Account of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was for a considerable time occupied in reading "Memoires de Fontenelle" leaning and swinging upon the l...Samuel Johnson abbe TrubletMémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de FontenellePrint: 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...Samuel Johnson Francis Atterbury[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson John Tillotson[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Robert South[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Seed[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson John Jortin[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson George Smallridge[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Samuel Clarke[Sermons]Print: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I found him at home in the morning. He praised Delany's "Observations on Swift ;" said that his book and Lord Orrery'...Samuel Johnson Patrick DelanyObservations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'I found him at home in the morning. He praised Delany's "Observations on Swift ;" said that his book and Lord Orrery'...Samuel Johnson John Boyle, 5th earl of OrreryRemarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Bishop said, it appeared from Horace's writings that he was a cheerful contented man. Johnson. "We have no reason...Samuel Johnson Edward YoungPrint: Book
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses....Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'After wandering about in a kind of pleasing distraction for some time, I got into a corner, with Johnson, Garrick, an...Samuel Johnson AeschylusPrint: Book
1700-1799'After wandering about in a kind of pleasing distraction for some time, I got into a corner, with Johnson, Garrick, an...Samuel Johnson HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were carele...Samuel Johnson Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were carele...Samuel Johnson William TemplePrint: 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...Samuel Johnson Daniel DefoePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "Sir, you know the notion of confinement may be extended, as in the song, "Every island is a prison."...Samuel Johnson Robert DodsleyCollection of Poems by Several Hands Print: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said] "Sir, you know the notion of confinement may be extended, as in the song, "Every island is a prison."...Samuel Johnson Edmund Smith'Thales; a monody, sacred to the memory of Dr. Pococke. In imitation of Spenser'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated char...Samuel Johnson William RobertsonHistory of AmericaPrint: 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 ...Samuel Johnson William DoddThoughts in Prison Print: Book
1700-1799'Books of Travels having been mentioned, Johnson praised Pennant very highly, as he did at Dunvegan, in the Isle of Sk...Samuel Johnson Thomas PennantTour in Scotland in 1769, APrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "He's [Pennant] a [italics] Whig [end italics], Sir; a [italics]sad dog [end italics]. (smiling at his own v...Samuel Johnson Thomas PennantTour in Scotland in 1769Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson had said that he could repeat a complete chapter of "The Natural History of Iceland", from the Danish of Horr...Samuel Johnson Niels HorebowNatural history of Iceland, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Before dinner Dr. Johnson seized upon Mr. Charles Sheridan's "Account of the late Revolution in Sweden", and seemed t...Samuel Johnson Charles SheridanHistory of the late revolution in Sweden , APrint: Book
1700-1799'DILLY. "Mrs. Glasse's "Cookery", which is the best, was written by Dr. Hill. Half the trade know this.' JOHNSON. "Wel...Samuel Johnson Hannah GlassArt of Cookery Made Plain and Easy Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "O! Mr. Dilly-you must know that an English Benedictine Monk at Paris has translated "The Duke of Berwick's ...Samuel Johnson James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of BerwickMemoirs of the Marshall Duke of BerwickManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr. Mayo having asked Johnson's opinion of Soame Jenyns's "View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion";-...Samuel Johnson Soame JenynsView of the Internal Evidence of the Christian ReligionPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "The fallacy of that book [Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees"] is, that Mandeville defines neither vices nor b...Samuel Johnson Bernard MandevilleFable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick BenefitsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Soon after the Honourable Daines Barrington had published his excellent "Observations on the Statutes", Johnson waite...Samuel Johnson Daines BarringtonObservations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I.Print: Book
1700-1799'We talked of a lady's verses on Ireland. MISS REYNOLDS. "Have you seen them, Sir?" JOHNSON. "No, Madam. I have seen a...Samuel Johnson Miss Lucan[translation from Horace]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'He begged of General Paoli to repeat one of the introductory stanzas of the first book of Tasso's "Jerusalem", which ...Samuel Johnson LucretiusPrint: Book
1700-1799'He begged of General Paoli to repeat one of the introductory stanzas of the first book of Tasso's "Jerusalem", which ...Samuel Johnson HomerPrint: Book
1700-1799'He begged of General Paoli to repeat one of the introductory stanzas of the first book of Tasso's "Jerusalem", which ...Samuel Johnson ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian WarPrint: Book
'We talked of antiquarian researches. JOHNSON. "All that is really known of the ancient state of Britain is contained ...Samuel Johnson John WhitakerHistory of ManchesterPrint: Book
'He [Johnson] said, "I read yesterday Dr. Blair's sermon on Devotion, from the text 'Cornelius, a devout man.' His doc...Samuel Johnson Hugh Blair[Sermon on Devotion]Print: Unknown
'He [Johnson] said, "I have been reading Lord Kames's 'Sketches of the History of Man'. In treating of severity of pun...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'He [Johnson] said, "I have been reading Lord Kames's 'Sketches of the History of Man'. In treating of severity of pun...Samuel Johnson Jean Chappe d'AuterochePrint: Book
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here n...Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson[speeches attributed to Lord Chesterfield]Print: Book
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here n...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here n...Samuel Johnson Edward Hyde, First Earl of Clarendon History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in EnglandPrint: Book
'This year the Reverend Mr. Horne published his "Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle"; Johnson read it, and ...Samuel Johnson George HorneLetter to Mr Dunning on the English ParticlePrint: Unknown
'He [Johnson] said, "the lyrical part of Horace never can be perfectly translated; so much of the excellence is in the...Samuel Johnson Horace[Odes]Print: Book
'We had a quiet comfortable meeting at Mr. Dilly's; nobody there but ourselves. Mr. Dilly mentioned somebody having wi...Samuel Johnson John MiltonTractate: Of Education
'We had a quiet comfortable meeting at Mr. Dilly's; nobody there but ourselves. Mr. Dilly mentioned somebody having wi...Samuel Johnson John LockeSome Thoughts Concerning EducationPrint: Unknown
'We had a quiet comfortable meeting at Mr. Dilly's; nobody there but ourselves. Mr. Dilly mentioned somebody having wi...Samuel Johnson Isaac Watts[Poems]Print: Book
'Johnson this year expressed great satisfaction at the publication of the first volume of "Discourses to the Royal Aca...Samuel Johnson Joshua ReynoldsDiscourses Delivered at the Royal AcademyPrint: Book
'My arrival interrupted for a little while the important business of this true representative of Bayes[a clergyman who...Samuel Johnson William TaskerOde to the Warlike Genius of BritainManuscript: Unknown
'My arrival interrupted for a little while the important business of this true representative of Bayes[a clergyman who...Samuel Johnson HoraceCarmen SeculareManuscript: Unknown
'[Johnson said] "I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield", which he was afterwards fool enough to expu...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithVicar of WakefieldManuscript: Unknown
'Talking of the wonderful concealment of the authour of the celebrated letters signed [italics] Junius [end italics]; ...Samuel Johnson Junius [pseud.]Letters of JuniusPrint: Serial / periodical
'[Johnson said] "King James says in his 'Daemonology', 'Magicians command the devils: witches are their servants. The ...Samuel Johnson King James IDaemonologyPrint: 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, ...Samuel Johnson Thomas ParnellHermit, ThePrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a lo...Samuel Johnson SylvanusFirst Book of the IliadPrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a lo...Samuel Johnson John DawsonGreek-English Lexicon of the New TestamentPrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a lo...Samuel Johnson Georgii PasorisLexicon Graeco-Latinum in Iesu Christi Domini Nostri N. TestamentumPrint: Book
'Having regretted to him that I had learnt little Greek, as is too generally the case in Scotland; that I had for a lo...Samuel Johnson HesiodPrint: Book
'[letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'The bearer of this is Dr. Dunbar, of Aberdeen, who has written and published a very...Samuel Johnson James DunbarEssays on the History of Mankind in Rude and Cultivated Ages Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a...Samuel Johnson TheocritusPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a...Samuel Johnson VirgilEcloguesPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to boswell by Bennet Langton] Theocritus is not deserving of very high respect as a...Samuel Johnson Sicilian GossipsPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'Callimachus is a writer of little excellence. The ch...Samuel Johnson CallimachusPrint: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'Mattaire's account of the Stephani is a heavy book. ...Samuel Johnson Mattaire[various works including Latin verses]Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'When in good humour he would talk of his own writing...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Of the Preface to Capel's "Shakspeare", he ...Samuel Johnson Capel[Preface to edition of Shakespeare]Print: Book
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] 'Talking of the "Farce of High Life below S...Samuel Johnson James TownleyHigh Life Below StairsPrint: Book
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] 'One night at The Club he produced a transl...Samuel Johnson Lord Elibank[Epitaph on his Lady]Manuscript: Unknown
'[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Talking of Gray's "Odes", he said, "They ar...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Spanish plays, being wildly and improbably farci...Samuel Johnson [Spanish Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Spanish plays, being wildly and improbably farci...Samuel Johnson [Greek tragedies]Print: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Spanish plays, being wildly and improbably farci...Samuel Johnson HomerPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Spanish plays, being wildly and improbably farci...Samuel Johnson VirgilPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] As I recollect, Hammond introduces a hag or witc...Samuel Johnson James HammondLove ElegiesPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] 'A gentleman, by no means deficient in literatur...Samuel Johnson ClenardusGreek GrammarPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] 'Of Dodsley's "Publick Virtue, a Poem", he said,...Samuel Johnson Robert DodsleyPublick Virtue, a PoemPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Mr. Langton, when a very young man, read Dodsley...Samuel Johnson Robert DodsleyCleone, a TragedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Mr. Langton, when a very young man, read Dodsley...Samuel Johnson Thomas OtwayPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] In the latter part of his life, in order to sati...Samuel Johnson Thomas a KempisImitation of ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] Johnson one day gave high praise to Dr. Bentley'...Samuel Johnson Richard BentleyPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] As an instance of the niceness of his taste, tho...Samuel Johnson PindarOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] He apprehended that the delineation of character...Samuel Johnson XenophonAnabasisPrint: Book
1700-1799''It gives me much pleasure to observe, that however Johnson may have casually talked, yet when he sits, as "an ardent...Samuel Johnson 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...Samuel Johnson Edward YoungLove of Fame, The Universal PassionPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said of Rev. Zacariah Mudge] The general course of his life was determined by his profession; he studied the...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said of Rev. Zacariah Mudge] The general course of his life was determined by his profession; he studied the...Samuel Johnson Zachariah Mudge[notes on the Psalms]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps mor...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps mor...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson praised the Earl of Carlisle's Poems, which his Lordship had published with his name, as not disdaining to be...Samuel Johnson Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of CarlisleTragedies and PoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Ess...Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonRasselas, Prince of AbyssiniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Ess...Samuel Johnson Richard WatsonChemical EssaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Thomas Astle] Your notes on Alfred appear to me very judicious and accurate, but they are too...Samuel Johnson Thomas Astle[notes on the will of King Alfred]Print: Book
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...Samuel Johnson George CrabbeVillage, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, 'Sir, a man might ...Samuel Johnson James Macpherson[Ossian poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] gave much praise to his friend, Dr. Burney's elegant and entertaining travels, and told Mr. Seward that ...Samuel Johnson Charles BurneyContinental Travels 1770-72Print: Book
1700-1799'Such was his sensibility, and so much was he affected by pathetick poetry, that, when he was reading Dr. Beattie's "H...Samuel Johnson James BeattieHermit, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He disapproved much of mingling real facts with fiction. On this account he censured a book entitled "Love and Madnes...Samuel Johnson Love and MadnessPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir William Chambers, that great Architect, whose works shew a sublimity of genius, and who is esteemed by all who kn...Samuel Johnson William ChambersDesigns of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils : to which is annexed a description of their temples, houses, gardens, &cManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson asked Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq., if he had read the Spanish translation of Sallust, said to be written by ...Samuel Johnson VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that h...Samuel Johnson Delarivier ManleyAdventures of Rivella, or the History of the Author of The New AtalantisPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that h...Samuel Johnson John DuntonLife and Errours of John Dunton Print: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] There is in "Camden's Remains", an epitaph upon a very wicked man, who was killed by a fall from his h...Samuel Johnson William CamdenRemains Concerning BritainPrint: Book
1700-1799'Horace having been mentioned; BOSWELL. "There is a great deal of thinking in his works. One finds there almost every ...Samuel Johnson Horace[ode] 'Parcus deorum cultur et infrequensPrint: Book
1700-1799'Lord Hailes had sent him a present of a curious little printed poem, on repairing the University of Aberdeen, by Davi...Samuel Johnson David Mallet[a poem about Aberdeen]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[Johnson said] The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of ev...Samuel Johnson VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of ev...Samuel Johnson VirgilEcloguesPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of ev...Samuel Johnson VirgilGeorgicsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of ev...Samuel Johnson HomerodysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'I asked him what works of Richard Baxter's I should read. He said, "Read any of them; they are all good".' Samuel Johnson Richard BaxterPrint: Book
1700-1799''He spoke often in praise of French literature. "The French are excellent in this, (he would say,) they have a book o...Samuel Johnson [French literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'Baxter's "Reasons of the Christian Religion", he thought contained the best collection of the evidences of the divini...Samuel Johnson Richard BaxterReasons of the Christian Religion, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'The Earl of Carlisle having written a tragedy, entitled "The Father's Revenge", some of his Lordship's friends applie...Samuel Johnson Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of CarlisleFather's Revenge, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In this letter [to Boswell from Mr Mickle] he relates his having, while engaged in translating the "Lusiad", had a di...Samuel Johnson Luis Vaz de CamoensLusiadsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[william Mickle said] Dr. Johnson told me in 1772, that, about twenty years before that time, he himself had a design...Samuel Johnson Luis Vaz de CamoensLusiadsPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to bookseller Mr Dilly] There is in the world a set of books which used to be sold by the books...Samuel Johnson Richard BurtonAdmirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Johnson to bookseller Mr Dilly] There is in the world a set of books which used to be sold by the books...Samuel Johnson Richard BaxterCall to the Unconverted to Turn and LivePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'I have just advanced so far towards recovery as to read a pamphlet; and you may rea...Samuel Johnson James BoswellLetter to the People of Scotland on the Present State of the Nation
1700-1799'He had dined that day [30th May 1784] at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams being expected in the evening, Mr...Samuel Johnson Helen Maria WilliamsOde on the Peace, AnPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr. Newton, the Bishop of Bristol, having been mentioned, Johnson, recollecting the manner in which he had been censu...Samuel Johnson Thomas NewtonDissertations on the Prophecies Which Have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, And Are Being Fulfilled Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Newton, the Bishop of Bristol, having been mentioned, Johnson, recollecting the manner in which he had been censu...Samuel Johnson Thomas NewtonAccount of his Own LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'Next morning at breakfast, [10th June 1784] he pointed out a passage in Savage's "Wanderer", saying, "These are fine ...Samuel Johnson Richard SavageWanderer, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'On Friday, June 11, we talked at breakfast, of forms of prayer. JOHNSON. "I know of no good prayers but those in the ...Samuel Johnson Book of Common PrayerPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Friday, June 11, we talked at breakfast, of forms of prayer. JOHNSON. "I know of no good prayers but those in the ...Samuel Johnson [various books of prayer]Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "I do not approve of figurative expressions in addressing the Supreme Being; and I never use them. Taylor gi...Samuel Johnson Jeremy TaylorGolden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and litanies Print: Book
1700-1799'[present at tea on June 12th was] the Reverend Herbert Croft, who, I am afraid, was somewhat mortified by Dr. Johnson...Samuel Johnson Herbert Croft[Family Discourses]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Kennicot related, in his [Johnson's] presence, a lively saying of Dr. Johnson to Miss Hannah More, who had expre...Samuel Johnson John MiltonPrint: Book
1700-1799'[speaking of some verses in the notes to Pope's Dunciad, Boswell and Miss Seward wonder who they are by] He was promp...Samuel Johnson Mr Lewis[verses on Pope in notes to the 'Dunciad']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...Samuel Johnson [books of Voyages to the South Seas]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Wednesday, June 19, Dr. Johnson and I returned to London; he was not well to-day, and said very little, employing ...Samuel Johnson EuripidesPrint: 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...Samuel Johnson [a newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'He censured a writer of entertaining Travels for assuming a feigned character, saying, (in his sense of the word,) "H...Samuel Johnson John Moore[travels]Print: Book
1700-1799'Though he had no taste for painting, he admired much the manner in which Sir Joshua Reynolds treated of his art, in h...Samuel Johnson Joshua ReynoldsSeven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy Print: Book
1700-1799'Though he had no taste for painting, he admired much the manner in which Sir Joshua Reynolds treated of his art, in h...Samuel Johnson Joshua ReynoldsSeven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy Print: Book
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...Samuel Johnson Anna Seward[poem on Lichfield]Manuscript: Unknown
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...Samuel Johnson Anna Seward'Elegy on Captain Cook'Print: Unknown
1700-1799' [Johnson having asked for details about Lord Peterborough] "But, (said his Lordship [Lord Eliot,) the best account o...Samuel Johnson Daniel DefoeMemoirs of Captain George CarletonPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Johnson to Dr Brocklesby] Tell Dr. Heberden, that in the coach I read "Ciceronianus" which I concluded a...Samuel Johnson Desiderius Erasmus CiceronianusPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to John Nichols] At Ashbourne, where I had very little company, I had the luck to borrow "Mr. Bo...Samuel Johnson [Mr Bowyer's Life]Print: Book
1700-1799'Still [in his last days] his love of literature did not fail. A very few days before his death he transmitted to his ...Samuel Johnson Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. With a general index to the wholePrint: Book
1700-1799'During his sleepless nights he amused himself by translating into Latin verse, from the Greek, many of the epigrams i...Samuel Johnson Anthologia GraecaPrint: Book
1700-1799'when talking on the subject of prayer [to Johnson on his deathbed], Dr. Brocklesby repeated from Juvenal,-- "Oran...Samuel Johnson JuvenalTenth SatirePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'He seriously entertained the thought of translating "Thuanus". He often talked to me on the subject; and once, in par...Samuel Johnson Jacques-Auguste de ThouPrint: Book
1700-1799'He pressed me to study Dr. Clarke and to read his Sermons. I asked him why he pressed Dr. Clarke, an Arian. "Because,...Samuel Johnson Samuel ClarkeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives an epitaph translated from French by Bennet Langton, and her own translation] 'I remember Johnson p...Samuel Johnson [French epitaph translated by Mrs Thrale and Bennet Langton]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'the Verses written by Bentley upon Learning & publish'd in Dodsley's Miscellanies - how like they are to Evelyn's Ver...Samuel Johnson BoethiusConsolation of PhilosophyPrint: Book
1700-1799'[having been searching for evidence of the truth of Christianity, Johnson] recollecting a Book he had once picked up ...Samuel Johnson Hugo GrotiusDe veritate religionis ChristianaePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was just nine Years old when having got the play of Hamlet to read in his Father's Kitchen, he read on v...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - S...Samuel Johnson Richard Steele[Essays]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - S...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayPrint: Book
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - S...Samuel Johnson William MasonPrint: Book
1700-1799'Of Swift's Style which I praised as beautiful he observed; that it had only the Beauty of a Bubble, The Colour says h...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the forc...Samuel Johnson George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'To Richardson as a Writer he gave the highest Praises, but mentioning his unquenchable Thirst after Applause That Man...Samuel Johnson Samuel RichardsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping S...Samuel Johnson Edward YoungPrint: Book
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping S...Samuel Johnson John DrydenPrint: Book
1700-1799'Burney likewise has experienced his [Johnson's] sportive Humour; when he shewed him his Book about Musick and enquire...Samuel Johnson Charles BurneyHistory of MusicPrint: Book
1700-1799'He had in his Youth been a great Reader of Mandeville, and was very watchful for the Stains of original corruption bo...Samuel Johnson Bernard MandevillePrint: Book
1700-1799'He had however no Taste for Modern Poetry - Gray Mason &c - Modern Poetry says he one day at our house, is like Moder...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayPrint: Book
1700-1799'He had however no Taste for Modern Poetry - Gray Mason &c - Modern Poetry says he one day at our house, is like Moder...Samuel Johnson William MasonPrint: Book
1700-1799'A propos to Gardening he once advised me to buy myself some famous Book upon the Subject, and read it says he attenti...Samuel Johnson [book on gardening]Print: Book
1700-1799'Rose [in a debate about the relative worth of Scottish and English writers] to make sure of the Victory - named Fergu...Samuel Johnson Jonathan SwiftHistory Of the Four last years Of the QueenPrint: Book
1700-1799'Rose [in a debate about the relative worth of Scottish and English writers] to make sure of the Victory - named Fergu...Samuel Johnson Adam FergusonEssay on the History of Civil SocietyPrint: Book
1700-1799'He was however very much nettled by Churchill's Satire that's certain; for he rejected him from among the Poets when ...Samuel Johnson Charles ChurchillGhost, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'When I shewed him [Johnson] his Character next day - for he would see it; he said it was a very fine Piece of Writing...Samuel Johnson Hester Lynch Thrale[MS 'character' of Johnson]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'of James Harris Dedication to his Hermes he said that tho' but 14 Lines long, there were 6 Grammatical faults in it'....Samuel Johnson James Harris[Dedication in] Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Language and Universal GrammarPrint: Book
1700-1799'of Elphinstone's specimen of Martial he [Johnson] said, there was too much Folly in them for Madness, and too much Ma...Samuel Johnson MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I shall transcribe some Verses of Doctor Burney's on the same unworthy Subject [herself]; on which Verses Johnson mad...Samuel Johnson Charles Burney[poem about Mrs Thrale]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799''15:Jan: 1778 Mr Johnson told me today that he had translated Anacreon's Dove, & as they were the first Greek Verses ...Samuel Johnson AnacreonDovePrint: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Grainger, Author of the fine Ode to Solitude printed in Dodsley's Miscellanies wrote a poem while he was in th...Samuel Johnson James GraingerSugar Cane, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'I have heard Johnson say that there was no Series of Verses in any English Tragedy so sublime & striking as the passa...Samuel Johnson William CongreveMourning Bride, ThePrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'Johnson says the following 8 lines of Burney are actually sublime - they are the End of a dull copy of Verses enough,...Samuel Johnson Charles Burney[verses on death]Manuscript: Unknown
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Origin...Samuel Johnson William CongreveMourning Bride, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'1: August 1779.] Johnson has been diverting himself with imitating Potter's Aeschylus in a translation of some verses...Samuel Johnson AeschylusPrint: Book
1700-1799'1: August 1779.] Johnson has been diverting himself with imitating Potter's Aeschylus in a translation of some verses...Samuel Johnson EuripidesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising up...Samuel Johnson Jonathan Odell[verses on Franklin's stove]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Wyndham and Johnson were talking of Miss Burney's new Novel - 'Tis far superior to Fielding's, says Mr Johnson; her C...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyCeciliaPrint: Book
1700-1799Sir Henry Ellis to John Wilson Croker, from the British Museum, 29 October 1829: 'I understand from Mr. Murray that...Samuel Johnson Horace Print: Book
1700-1799'The town soon went wild about the story [Evelina] [...] Mrs. Thrale read it, and liked it better than Madame Riccob...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the WorldPrint: Book

 

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