Evidence: | 'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-exaltation sake. In some of his orations, what is called his vehemence (but really is too often insult and ill manners) so transports him, that a modern pleader... would not be heard, if he were to take the like freedoms... Cicero's constitutional faults seem to be vanity and cowardice. Great geniuses seldom have |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | 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: | Colley Cibber |
Title: | The Character and Conduct of Cicero Considered |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 6561 | |
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: | 211-12 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 211-12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6561, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Letter from Samuel Richardson to Lady Bradshaigh, April 1752 |
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