| Evidence: | 'Did not Virgil mean by his Epithet [italics] Puniceis [end italics] to Rosetis in the fifth Eclogue the rose of Tyrian Dye! The [italics] Punic [end italics] or Damask Rose. I perswaded Johnson to believe it one day at Streatham as we read the Eclogue together - in the Year 1769'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1769 and 31 Dec 1769 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Streatham Park | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | Mrs Thrale and Dr Johnson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | writer (him) and gentry (her) |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England (him) / Wales (her) |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Virgil |
| Title: | fifth Eclogue |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22514 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
| Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
| Title: | Thraliana | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22514, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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