| Evidence: | 'Oct. 25. Wednesday. I went with the Prior to St. Cloud, to see Dr. Hooke.—We walked round the palace, and had some talk.—I dined with our whole company at the Monastery.—In the library, "Beroald",—"Cymon",—"Titus", from Boccace.—"Oratio Proverbialis" to the Virgin, from Petrarch; Falkland to Sandys;—Dryden's Preface to the third vol. of Miscellanies.'
[Boswell's footnote: 'He means, I suppose, that he read those different pieces, while he remained in the library'.] |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 25 Oct 1775 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Versailles specific address: library at St Cloud |
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| Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Petrarch |
| Title: | [unknown oration] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ in the library at St Cloud Monastery |
| Record ID: | 21564 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 653-4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 653-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21564, accessed: 05 December 2023 | |
| Original date of publication 1791. Johnson was in France with the Thrales. |
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