Evidence: | 'From one of his Journals I transcribed what follows :
"At church, Oct.—65.
" To avoid all singularity; [italics] Bonaventura [end italics]
" To come in before service, and compose my mind by meditation, or by reading some portions of scripture. [italics] Tetty [end italics].
" If I can hear the sermon, to attend it, unless attention be more troublesome than useful.
" To consider the act of prayer as a reposal of myself upon God, and a resignation of all into his holy hand." ' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Oct 1765 and 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
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Time: | 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: | writer and lawyer |
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: | [journal] |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20947 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 352 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 352, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20947, accessed: 31 May 2023 |
Originally published 1791. |
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