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Record Number: 6690


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read your Objections to Sir Charles's Divided Love to Mrs Donellan. Just her sentiments, she said. And Harriet's frequent declarations of her love, she also censured; and honours you for both Opinions. Miss Mulso exulted, by clapping her wings, as I may say, on your Ladyship's Censure of the divided Love. She admires every word you say by way of Censure or Objection'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1754 and 31 Jan 1754

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Hester Mulso

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1727

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Mrs Donellan; reader was Samuel Richardson


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lady Bradshaigh

Title:

[comments on MS of Sir Charles Grandison]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read to her by Richardson


Source Information:

Record ID:

6690

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Richardson

Editor:

John Carroll

Title:

Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1964

Vol:

n/a

Page:

272

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 272, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6690, accessed: 28 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter from Richardson to Lady Bradshaigh, Jan 1754

   
   
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