Evidence: | '[Dr Johnson] expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd, for having published a mutilated edition under the title of "Select Works of Abraham Cowley". Mr. Murphy thought it a bad precedent; observing that any authour might be used in the same manner; and that it was pleasing to see the variety of an authour's compositions, at different periods'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 10 Apr 1776 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | English |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Abraham Cowley |
Title: | Selected Works |
Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Hurd's edition |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21601 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 737-8 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 737-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21601, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Original date of publication 1791. |
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