Evidence: | 'I myself recollect such impressions [of reverence, like Johnson displayed for the "Gentleman's Magazine"] from "The Scots Magazine", which was begun at Edinburgh in the year 1739, and has been ever conducted with judgement, accuracy, and propriety'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 29 Oct 1740 and 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | James Boswell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 29 Oct 1740 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | lawyer and writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Scot's Magazine, The |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20778 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 82 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell , R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 82, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20778, accessed: 06 June 2023 |
Originally published 1791. |
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