| Evidence: | [Dorothy, Lady Bradshaigh to Samuel Richardson, 29 October 1749:]
'O Sir! how I regret your want of time! As I lately read the twentieth chapter of Seneca's Morals, I thought of and pitied you, and every one who is tied to business, and pitied the world for the loss it sustains by your being so constantly engaged.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Oct 1749 and 29 Oct 1749 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dorothy Lady Bradshaigh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1705 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Seneca |
| Title: | Morals ('twentieth chapter') |
| Genre: | Classics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28398 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 4 | |
| Page: | 257-258 | |
| 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), 4, p. 257-258, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28398, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| NB date in 'Date of Birth of reader/Listener' is date of baptism; see entry in DNB. See p.177n in source for background to Lady Bradshaigh's correspondence with Richardson. |
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