| Evidence: | '"The church in Lichfield, in which we had a seat, wanted reparation, so I was to go and find a seat in other churches; and having bad eyes, and being awkward about this, I used to go and read in the fields on Sunday. This habit continued till my fourteenth year".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1718 and 18 Sep 1722 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: on Sundays | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Lichfield county: Staffordshire other location: fields |
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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: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20715 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R. W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 50 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R. W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 50, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20715, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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