| Evidence: | 'We talked of his two political pamphlets, "The False Alarm," and "Thoughts concerning Falkland's Islands." Johnson. "Well, sir, which of them did you think the best?" Boswell. "I liked the second best." Johnson. "Why, sir, I liked the first best; and Beattie liked the first best. Sir, there is a subtlety of disquisition in the first that is worth all the fire of the second".'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 21 Mar 1772 | ||||||||||
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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: | False Alarm, The |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21115 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 459 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 459, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21115, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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