| Evidence: | 'I was much pleased to find myself with Johnson at Greenwich, which he celebrates in his "London" as a favourite scene. I had the poem in my pocket, and read the lines aloud with enthusiasm :
On Thames's banks in silent thought we stood,
Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood :
Pleas'd with the seat which gave Eliza birth,
We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 30 Jul 1763 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London, Greenwich | ||||||||||
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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: | writer and lawyer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Samuel Johnson? |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Johnson |
| Title: | London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 20941 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 325 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 325, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20941, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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