| Evidence: | 'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought particularly excellent, by folding down a corner of the page; and such as he rated in a super-eminent degree, are marked by double folds'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1750 and 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | Rambler, The |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | bound as a volume |
| Provenance: | read in situ belonged to Edward Young |
| Record ID: | 20798 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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=20798, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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