Evidence: | J. Duncombe, of Benet College, Cambridge, to Samuel Richardson, 17 November 1751:
'I have been reading lately, with great satisfaction, the Letters of Lord Orrery on Dr Swift; and pleased myself with reflecting on the resemblance they bear to those of Cicero, in the tender expressions of his love for his children [comments further]'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Nov 1751 and 17 Nov 1751 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Cambridge | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | J. Duncombe |
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 |
Author: | Lord Orrery |
Title: | Letters on Swift |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28031 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 276 | |
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. 276, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28031, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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