Record Number: 28401
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Dorothy, Lady Bradshaigh to Samuel Richardson, on reading 'confessions,' 16 December 1749:] 'I have read many of them over, and have been so puzzled, that I knew not what I was guilty of, and what not, till, at last, I threw them all aside, but that most excellent one, in our Common Prayer, in which I hope I have not erred. You will smile, Sir, when I tell you (being taught early to think confession a duty) that finding a paper belonging to a pious christian with her sins marked, I copied it, and confessed them as my own, thinking I did right.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1705
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:"Confessions"
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28401
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Editor:Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Title:Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:4
Page:306
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family (London, 1804), 4, p. 306, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=28401, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
NB date in 'Date of Birth of reader/Listener' is date of baptism; see entry in DNB. See p.177n in source for background to Lady Bradshaigh's correspondence with Richardson.
