Evidence: | 'He seriously entertained the thought of translating "Thuanus". He often talked to me on the subject; and once, in particular, when I was rather wishing that he would favour the world, and gratify his sovereign, by a Life of Spenser (which he said that he would readily have done, had he been able to obtain any new materials for the purpose,) he added, "I have been thinking again, Sir, of "Thuanus": it would not be the laborious task which you have supposed it. I should have no trouble but that of dictation, which would be performed as speedily as an amanuensis could write'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 13 Dec 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: | Jacques-Auguste de Thou |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | in French or Latin |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22471 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 1387 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 1387, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22471, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Original date of publication 1791. Writer known as 'Thuanus'. This may be an anecdote of someone else's related to Boswell - it is ambiguous. |
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