| Evidence: | 'I have heard that Miss Cooper hearing She was to lose her Sight, set about getting the Night Thoughts by heart - so much did She delight in the Poetry of Dr Young - She kept her Eyes however & all went well. The Description of Night by Dr Young is superior to that of either Dryden or Shakespear - & I made Johnson confess it so. [7 lines of Young are quoted]. Oh how excellent are these Lines - but as Granger sweetly says
When you struck the tender String
Darkness clapt her sable Wing;
Aside their Harps ev'n Seraphs flung,
To hear thy sweet Complaints oh Young!' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 20 Jan 1779 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Lynch Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Young |
| Title: | Night Thoughts |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23139 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
| Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
| Title: | Thraliana | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 362 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 362, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23139, accessed: 30 November 2023 | |
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