Evidence: | '["Rambler"] No 32 on patience, even under extreme misery, is wonderfully lofty, and as much above the rant of stoicism, as the Sun of Revelation is brighter than the twilight of Pagan philosophy. I never read the following sentence without feeling my frame thrill: "I think there is some reason for questioning whether the body and mind are not so proportioned, that the one can bear all which can be inflicted on the other; whether virtue cannot stand its ground as long as life, and whether a soul well principled, will not be sooner separated than subdued".' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1750 and 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
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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 / writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Title: | Rambler, The |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | number 32 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20797 | |
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Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 154 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20797, accessed: 06 June 2023 |
Originally published 1791. |
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