Doctor Johnson : letters, anecdotes, etc., 1777-1785, undated.

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Doctor Johnson : letters, anecdotes, etc., 1777-1785, undated.

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Five holograph notes concerning Samuel Johnson. "Saturday 26 July 1777" narrates a conversation with Johnson about envy; "Memorandum on Dr. Johnson's Case," dated 1783, contains medical details about Johnson's sarcocele; "A Dream Relative to Dr. Johnson," dated 1785 March 16, discusses a dream of Hoole's about Johnson's last days; and two undated pages contain anecdotes about Johnson gathered from various sources.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hoole, John, 1727-1803

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Epithet: translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000088 Epithet: of Add MS 28104 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000086 John Hoole (1727-1803) translated works by Tasso, Metastasio and Ariosto into English verse. A friend of Samuel Johnson, Hoole kept a diary of Johnson's last day...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...