| Evidence: | Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 24 May, 1796: 'The reliance that I can place on my own application renders me little anxious for the future — & for the present I can live like a silkworm by spinning my own brains. have I published too hastily? — remember that Virgil in the spirit of poetical prophecy gives to Fames the epithet of malesuada.'
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1780 and 24 May 1796 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Southey |
| Age | Unknown |
| 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: | Virgil |
| Title: | Aeneid |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25062 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 156. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 28 April 2009. , |
| Citation: | "The Collected Letters of Robert Southey," Romantic Circles Electronic Edition, Letter 156. http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/southey_letters. Accessed 28 April 2009. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25062, accessed: 03 June 2023 |
| Source eds note the line quoted is Aeneid, Book 6, line 276. |
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