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Record 19900

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to deliver them for me. The next morning, early, he waited on him, and then call'd upon me, and, giving me ten Guineas, asked me, whether I thought them a sufficient Reward for my Poetry? I told him, I really did: Well then, said he, Mr Pelham distinguished thus: "There are five Guineas, for the Lady's Numbers; and Five more, for the good Advice they contain; and tell her, I hope God will always give me Grace to follow it". '
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 24 Dec 1743
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: city: London
specific address: his own home
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Henry Pelham
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 25 Sep 1694
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: politician
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Pilkington
Title: To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned
broughtg by Colley Cibber, from L. Pilkington

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19900  
Source - Print  
  Author: Laetitia Pilkington
  Editor: A.C. Elias
  Title: Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington
  Place of Publication: Athens GA
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: I
  Page: 156-7
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 156-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19900, accessed: 30 April 2024

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