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Record 21652

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'When I read this [Johnson's argument regarding a legal case on the liberty of the pulpit in which Boswell was involved] to Mr. Burke, he was highly pleased, and exclaimed, "Well; he does his work in a workman-like manner".'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 31 May 1776
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

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)
Mr Burke
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Samuel Johnson
Title: [a legal argument]
Genre: Law
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
composed for Boswell

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21652  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Boswell
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: Life of Johnson
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 762
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 762, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21652, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Originally published 1791.

 

 

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