Record Number: 23142
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have heard that Miss Cooper hearing She was to lose her Sight, set about getting the Night Thoughts by heart - so much did She delight in the Poetry of Dr Young - She kept her Eyes however & all went well. The Description of Night by Dr Young is superior to that of either Dryden or Shakespear - & I made Johnson confess it so. [7 lines of Young are quoted]. Oh how excellent are these Lines - but as Granger sweetly says When you struck the tender String Darkness clapt her sable Wing; Aside their Harps ev'n Seraphs flung, To hear thy sweet Complaints oh Young!'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 20 Jan 1779
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Night Thoughts
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:23142
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:362
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Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 362, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23142, accessed: 17 August 2024
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