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Record 28030

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
J. Duncombe, of Benet College, Cambridge, to Samuel Richardson, 15 October 1751: 'Mr Graham is not in Cambridge; but his brother is, who is [...] very ingenious, and expressed a great desire to be acquainted with you,as he already thoroughly is with your writings [...] The short epigram which Mr Graham sent you was wrote by himself, and is much liked here, because we think it partakes of the sublime simplicity of the ancients.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 1 Jan 1751 and 15 Oct 1751
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge
   
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:

Reading Group:J. Duncombe and others in Cambridge
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Graham
Title: epigram
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28030  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Anna Laetitia Barbauld
  Title: The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson: Selected from the Original Manuscripts, Bequeathed by him to his Family
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1804
  Vol: 2
  Page: 273-274
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson: Selected from the Original Manuscripts, Bequeathed by him to his Family (London, 1804), 2, p. 273-274, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28030, accessed: 29 March 2024

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