| Evidence: | 'Dr Young once told me, that Dr Hartley's Two Volumes on Man were the Most Original of any thing he had seen published of many years. He praised them; but owned, that one of them was abstruse'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Dr (Edward?) Young |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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: | David Hartley |
| Title: | Observations on Man |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Social Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | printed by Richardson, 1749 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6701 | |
| 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: | 293-4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson (Oxford, 1964), p. 293-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6701, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Letter from Richardson to Lady Bradshaigh, Feb 1754. Richardson is recommending books Lady B. might read. |
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