Evidence: | I have read, conversed, and thought much upon the subject, and would recommend to all who are capable of conviction, an excellent Tract by my learned and ingenious friend John Ranby, Esq. entitled "Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade." To Mr. Ranby's "Doubts," I will apply Lord Chancellor Hardwicke's expression in praise of a Scotch Law Book, called "Dirleton's Doubts"; "HIS [italics] Doubts [end italics], (said his Lordship,) are better than most people's [italics] Certainties [end italics]." |
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Date: | Until: 23 Sep 1777 | ||||||||||
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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 |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Ranby |
Title: | Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade |
Genre: | Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21748 | |
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Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 879 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 879, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21748, accessed: 06 June 2023 |
Originally published 1791 |
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