| Evidence: | 'His figure and manner appeared strange to them [the company on the night of Johnson's arrival in Oxford]; but he behaved modestly, and sat silent, till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation, he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius; and thus he gave the first impression of that more extensive reading in which he had indulged himself'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1725 and 31 Oct 1728 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Lichfield county: Staffordshire |
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| Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Classics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20712 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R. W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 45 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R. W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 45, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20712, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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