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Margaret Collier

 

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Ariosto : Orlando Furioso

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 3 October 1755: 'I met with some lines the other day in a translation of a famous Italian poet, which in a few expressive words, gives a better account of this sweet country, than I could in a hundred [quotes eight lines opening "She wishes much to tarry in this land ..."]. This poem was the only book of amusement I brought with me; it is called Ariosto,; or, Orlando Furioso, and is, in its way, a most wonderful piece of imagination, and really a very extraordinary work.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Collier      Print: Book

  

Samuel Richardson : Clarissa

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 31 December 1755: 'My good old folks were desirous that I should read Clarissa to them, which gave me a fourth time the pleasure of going through that admirable work; they never read it nor heard of it till now, and are so delighted, and so interested for your beloved sweet girl [i.e. character Clarissa], that you cannot imagine what a new entertainment it is to me to hear the remarks, and the observations they make, and this from minds so innocent and ignorant of the world as they seem.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Collier      Print: Book

  

Samuel Richardson : Clarissa

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 31 December 1755: 'My good old folks were desirous that I should read Clarissa to them, which gave me a fourth time the pleasure of going through that admirable work; they never read it nor heard of it till now, and are so delighted, and so interested for your beloved sweet girl [i.e. character Clarissa], that you cannot imagine what a new entertainment it is to me to hear the remarks, and the observations they make, and this from minds so innocent and ignorant of the world as they seem.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Collier      Print: Book

  

 : newspapers

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 31 December 1755: 'I still feel anxiety, painful anxiety, for some good account of those I knew and esteemed at Lisbon [...] I see the public newspapers pretty constantly, and have watched earnestly for some account amongst the English who got on board ships and are coming to England [...] but am not yet satisfied. But how terribly extensive have these shocks been! Sure never was heard of an earthquake being felt so far, and in so many places, and so many leagues at sea, as this before!'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Collier      Print: Newspaper

  

Samuel Richardson : Sir Charles Grandison

Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 11 February 1756: 'My good old folks --you can't think how I love them! -- the more I believe, because they hearken with such attention and admiration to Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison, which latter I have now begun to them [sic]. They believe both Clarissa and Sir Charles to be real stories, and no work of imagination, and I don't care to undeceive them. The good man is more than three score, he believes [...] They love each other, and the husband rejoices in the balance of sense being of her side, which it is, in some degree, and glories in her being able to read and write, which he can scarcely do.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Collier      Print: Book

 

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