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Record Number: 19900


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to deliver them for me. The next morning, early, he waited on him, and then call'd upon me, and, giving me ten Guineas, asked me, whether I thought them a sufficient Reward for my Poetry? I told him, I really did: Well then, said he, Mr Pelham distinguished thus: "There are five Guineas, for the Lady's Numbers; and Five more, for the good Advice they contain; and tell her, I hope God will always give me Grace to follow it". '

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 24 Dec 1743

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
specific address: his own home

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:

Reader:

Henry Pelham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

25 Sep 1694

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Title:

To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
broughtg by Colley Cibber, from L. Pilkington


Source Information:

Record ID:

19900

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

156-7

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 156-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19900, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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