Evidence: | '2 February 1780.] Here is Dr Pepys come with a Manuscript of Dr Spence's for Johnson's Use & Inspection now he is writing the Lives of the poets: It is an admirable [italics] Ana [end italics] to be sure, containing anecdotes of Pope, Prior, &c. &c. everybody who has a Name: poor Spence thought he had taken care to keep it from the public Eye, & now we are all reading it; well!' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 2 Feb 1780 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: Streatham Park | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Joseph Spence |
Title: | Anecdotes |
Genre: | Ephemera |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | later published (1820) |
Provenance: | read in situ shown by Dr Pepys |
Record ID: | 23174 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
Title: | Thraliana | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 424 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 424, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23174, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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