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Record 19925

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[On New Year's Day, 1743, LP published verses in the 'Gazette' in honour of Colley Cibber] 'My dear old Friend was pleased with my Sense of his Goodness to me; only he told me, my Lines were more proper to be addressed to an Archbishop than to him, who had nothing to boast of more than a little common Humanity.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 1 Jan 1743
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:Colley Cibber
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11 Jun 1671
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Laetitia Pilkington
Title: To Colley Cibber, esq.
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: in the Gazette
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19925  
Source - Print  
  Author: Laetitia Pilkington
  Editor: A.C. Elias
  Title: Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
  Place of Publication: Athens GA
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: I
  Page: 208
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 208, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19925, accessed: 29 April 2024

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