| Evidence: | Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include extract from Cowley's Essay No. 5 ('The Garden'), dedicated to John Evelyn, and opening: 'I never had any other Desire so strong, and so like to Covetousness as that one which I have had always. That I might be Master at last of a small House and a large Garden, with very modern Conveniencies joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my Life to the Culture of them and the study of Nature.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1937 and 31 Dec 1937 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Abraham Cowley |
| Title: | Essay no. 5 ('The Garden') |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Philosophy, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Source ed. cites Abraham Cowley, The Essays and Other Prose Writings, ed. Alfred B. Gough (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915) p.168 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21063 | |
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| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 106 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 106, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21063, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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