| Evidence: | 'I related a dispute between Goldsmith and Mr. Robert Dodsley, one day when they and I were dining at Tom Davies's, in 1762. Goldsmith asserted, that there was no poetry produced in this age. Dodsley appealed to his own Collection, and maintained, that though you could not find a palace like Dryden's "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day", you had villages composed of very pretty houses; and he mentioned particularly "The Spleen".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1762 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Dodsley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1703 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer and bookseller |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Ibbot |
| Title: | 'Fit of the Spleen, A' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21615 | |
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| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 743 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 743, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21615, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Original date of publication 1791. Dodsley's 'Collection' was a book edited by him, 'A collection of Poems by Several Hands'. This poem is in the collection, though there is a more notable one called 'The Spleen' by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea. The author may have been Benjamin Ibbot? |
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