Evidence: | Sir Henry Ellis to John Wilson Croker, from the British Museum, 29 October 1829:
'I understand from Mr. Murray that you are engaged [as editor] upon a "Life of Dr. Johnson."
[...]
'Mr. Cary, the Assistant Keeper of our Printed Books, tells me a very old edition (I think 1504) of "Horace," belonging to the Burney Collection, has a few notes in Dr. Johnson's hand.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1709 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Horace |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | ?c.1504 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24438 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Louis J. Jennings | |
Title: | The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1884 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 44 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830. (London, 1884), 2, p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24438, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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