| Evidence: | 'I wish you would cannonade this N[ewto]n. I cannot bear, that another of Apollo's genuine Offspring should pass down to future Times with such crude and unworthy Notes.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1749 and 31 Dec 1751 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Samuel Richardson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 19 Aug 1689 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | printer and author |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | John Milton |
| Title: | Paradise Lost |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | Thomas Newton's edition of 1749 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6518 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Richardson | |
| Editor: | John Carroll | |
| Title: | Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1964 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 176 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 176, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6518, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| letter to Thomas Edwards, March 1751 |
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