| Evidence: | Robert Southey to John Horseman, 16-20 April 1794: 'Hawkesworth argues very strongly against indulging in these fantastical pleasures — they enervate the mind & by accustoming it to the dreams of fancy render it totally unfit for serious contemplation & abstract reasoning — they have likewise a worse effect even than this — they tend to render society odious & the world contemptible, till the dreamer possesses all the austerity of a Cynic without the sublimity of his virtues.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 20 Apr 1794 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Aug 1774 |
| 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 |
| Author: | John Hawkesworth |
| Title: | The Adventurer |
| Genre: | n/a |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24391 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 87. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 24 April 2009. , |
| Citation: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 87. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 24 April 2009. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24391, accessed: 05 June 2023 |
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