Evidence: | [Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 8 May 1751:]
'I had just been reading a paper which I met with at Aylesbury: it was a most puffy preface to proposals published by John and Paul, -- of what date I know not, for that was torn off. The name of the book was the Universal Dictionary of Commerce [comments further on proposal, mocking especially the author's wish "That our young British nobility and gentry [...] would condescend for a year or two to be initiated into the business of a merrchant in a well-regulated and methodical counting-house"] [...] A blessed scheme this! To fill our merchants' houses with a parcel of young, lawless, privileged rakes, to debauch their wives and daughters!' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Apr 1751 and 8 May 1751 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Edwards |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
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Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | Proposal for 'Universal Dictionary of Commerce' |
Genre: | Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28320 | |
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Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Anna Laetitia Barbauld | |
Title: | Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1804 | |
Vol: | 3 | |
Page: | 23 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family (London, 1804), 3, p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28320, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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