Evidence: | 'Cob was once the general name the general English Word I mean for a Spider, Cobweb is still left from this Root, & I believe when Ben Jonson wrote Every Man in his Humour the Word was not quite gone because of all the company meeting at [italics] Cob's [end italics] House which is described to be very dirty & full of Spiders'.
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Date: | Until: 30 Sep 1777 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Hester Lynch Thrale |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 27 Jan 1741 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Wales |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | nee Salusbury |
Author: | Ben Jonson |
Title: | Every Man in his Humour |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 22702 | |
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Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
Title: | Thraliana | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 145 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22702, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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