| Evidence: | Horace Walpole (as 'Thelyphthorus') to Mary Berry, 28 April 1789: 'I send you the most delicious poem upon earth [Erasmus Darwin, "The Botanic Garden"] [...] This is only the Second Part; for like my king's eldest daughter in the Hieroglyphic Tales, the First part is not yet born yet. No matter, I can read this over and over again for ever'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1789 and 28 Apr 1789 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Horace Walpole |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 24 Sep 1717 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer/Connoisseur |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | Erasmus Darwin |
| Title: | The Botanic Garden (part 1) |
| Genre: | Poetry, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9243 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 162 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 1, p. 162, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9243, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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