Record Number: 19925
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[On New Year's Day, 1743, LP published verses in the 'Gazette' in honour of Colley Cibber] 'My dear old Friend was pleased with my Sense of his Goodness to me; only he told me, my Lines were more proper to be addressed to an Archbishop than to him, who had nothing to boast of more than a little common Humanity.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:1 Jan 1743
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:11 Jun 1671
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:To Colley Cibber, esq.
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsin the Gazette
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19925
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:208
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 208, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19925, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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