Evidence: | 'what a charming instance have you given me, good sir, of the Restoration of [your health], if I may be permitted to infer it from the noble strength and Vigor of your verses. It is impossible, Sir, not to be animated by the Subject and the Poem'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Apr 1743 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Richardson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 19 Aug 1689 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | printer and author |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Aaron Hill |
Title: | Fanciad |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, Richardson is about to print the manuscript |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6450 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Richardson | |
Editor: | John Carroll | |
Title: | Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1964 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 57 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 57, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6450, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Letter to Aaron Hill, April 1743 |
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