| Evidence: | '[from Bennet Langton's collection of 1780 Johnsoniana, passed to Boswell] Goldsmith one day brought to the Club a printed Ode, which he, with others, had been hearing read by its authour in a publick room at the rate of five shillings each for admission. One of the company having read it aloud, Dr. Johnson said, "Bolder words and more timorous meaning, I think never were brought together."'
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| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1780 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: meeting of the 'Club' of literary friends of Johnson |
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| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Dr Johnson, Goldsmith and others |
| Additional comments: | member of Johnson's literary Club |
| Author: | |
| Title: | [an ode] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 22121 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 1074 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1074, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22121, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
| Originally published 1791. |
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