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Record 22421

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Johnson was present when a tragedy was read, in which there occurred this line:-- "Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free". The company having admired it much, "I cannot agree with you (said Johnson). It might as well be said,-- "Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat".'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 30 Jun 1784
Country: England
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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Listener: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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Johnson and others
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Henry Brooke
Title: Gustavus Vasa The Deliverer Of His Country
Genre: Drama
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22421  
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: 1307
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1307, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22421, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Original date of publication 1791.

 

 

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