Evidence: | [Dorothy, Lady Bradshaigh to Samuel Richardson, in undated letter:]
'I have lately very often put the question to myself, whether I would chuse to live my time over again, if I had it in my power [...] I am positive I would rather advance than retire, tho' my days have been happy. I have a pleasing view before me, thanks to you, Sir, Seneca, the Spectator, and the [italics]wise son of Sirach[end italics], which last I have just read, with much greater attention than I ever did before, and think it is the most beautiful and instructive, as well as the most entertaining piece I ever met with in the course of my divine studies.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Oct 1749 and 16 Dec 1749 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | |
Title: | 'The wise son of Sirach' |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28400 | |
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: | 278 | |
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. 278, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28400, accessed: 25 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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