Evidence: | '[speaking of some verses in the notes to Pope's Dunciad, Boswell and Miss Seward wonder who they are by] He was prompt with his answer: "Why, Sir, they were written by one Lewis, who was either under-master or an usher of Westminster-school, and published a Miscellany, in which "Grongar Hill" first came out". Johnson praised them highly, and repeated them with a noble animation. In the twelfth line, instead of "one establish'd fame", he repeated "one unclouded flame", which he thought was the reading in former editions: but I believe was a flash of his own genius. It is much more poetical than the other.'
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 15 Jun 1784 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mr Lewis |
Title: | [verses on Pope in notes to the 'Dunciad'] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | printed with Pope's 'Dunciad' |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22414 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 1302-3 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1302-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22414, accessed: 05 December 2023 |
Original date of publication 1791 |
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