Evidence: | 'We had much talk among us of Chatterton, &, as he was best known in this part of the world, I attended particularly to the opinion of Dr. Harrington concerning him; & the more paricularly because he is uncommonly well versed in the knowledge of English Antiquities,- therefore was I much surprised to find it [italics] his [close italics] opinion that Chatterton was no Imposter, & that the Poems were authentic & Rowley's. Much, indeed, he said they had been modernised in his Copies, not by design, but from the difficulty of reading the old manuscript.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1777 and 30 Apr 1780 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Henry Harington |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1755 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | priest |
Religion: | Christian |
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: | Thomas Chatterton |
Title: | The Rowley poems |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Thomas Tyrwhitt, 1777 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 11160 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Fanny Burney | |
Editor: | Betty Rizzo | |
Title: | The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney | |
Place of Publication: | London: Oxford University Press | |
Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
Vol: | IV | |
Page: | 89 | |
Additional comments: | In a letter from Fanny Burney to Susanna Elizabeth Burney, dated 30 April 1780, from Bath. |
Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), IV, p. 89, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11160, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
FB continues 'A Book, however, is now publishing, that is to entirely clear up this so long disputed & very mysterious affair, by Dr, Mills, Dn of Exeter.' |
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