Evidence: | 'With us, the "Centaur not fabulous" has met with a pretty good Reception; tho' some good People wish that it had less of the Enthusiasm of Poetry in it; less of Imagination. But are there not very fine, very solemn, very noble Strokes in almost every Page of it? Is not the Author's good Design apparent in every Line?' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 28 Feb 1755 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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 writer |
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: | Edward Young |
Title: | The Centaur not Fabulous; in Six Letters to a Friend on The Life in Vogue |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown, printed by Richardson so presumably read in MS |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 6921 | |
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: | 324 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 324, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6921, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Letter to Lady Echlin, Feb 1756 |
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