Evidence: | 'Boswell. "You have read his [Cibber's] apology, Sir ?" Johnson. "Yes, it is very entertaining. But as for Cibber himself, taking from his conversation all that he ought not to have said, he was a poor creature. I remember when he brought me one of his Odes to have my opinion of it, I could not bear such nonsense, and would not let him read it to the end; so little respect had I for [italics] that great man! [end italics] (laughing.)"' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 12 Nov 1757 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Colley Cibber |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 11 Jun 1671 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer and actor-manager |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Dr Johnson |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Colley Cibber |
Title: | [an ode] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 21079 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.C. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 416 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.C. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 416, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21079, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. |
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