Evidence: | Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 3 October 1755:
'I met with some lines the other day in a translation of a famous Italian poet, which in a few expressive words, gives a better account of this sweet country, than I could in a hundred [quotes eight lines opening "She wishes much to tarry in this land ..."]. This poem was the only book of amusement I brought with me; it is called Ariosto,; or, Orlando Furioso, and is, in its way, a most wonderful piece of imagination, and really a very extraordinary work.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Sep 1755 and 3 Oct 1755 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Ryde | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Margaret Collier |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ariosto |
Title: | Orlando Furioso |
Genre: | Fiction, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28020 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Anna Laetitia Barbauld | |
Title: | The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1804 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 73-74 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family (London, 1804), 2, p. 73-74, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28020, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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