| Evidence: | 'Perused Johnson's "London", and "Vanity of Human Wishes". His Numbers are strong in sense, and smooth in flow; but want that varied grace, and inextinguishable spirit, which constitute the essential charm of Pope's...' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Feb 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Green |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1769 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | gentleman |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | London |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13157 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Green | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature. | |
| Place of Publication: | Ipswich | |
| Date of Publication: | 1810 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Green, Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature. (Ipswich, 1810), p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13157, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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