| Evidence: | 'I have now one great satisfaction, which is reading Hume's "History". It entertains and instructs me. It elevates my mind and excites noble feelings of every kind.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 Jan 1763 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Boswell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 29 Oct 1740 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson, and heir to the Auchinleck estate in Ayrshire |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | David Hume |
| Title: | History of England |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24089 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | Frederick A. Pottle | |
| Title: | Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1982 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 156 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, Frederick A. Pottle (ed.), Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 (London, 1982), p. 156, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24089, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
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