Record Number: 27994
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 14 April 1737: 'I thank you for the pleasure I have received from Leonidas, which excellent poem I herewith return you. I am told that the author is young; and I gather comfort, in his right, for the rising generation.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1737 and 14 Apr 1737
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Leonidas
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
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Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:27994
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Editor:Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Title:The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:1
Page:10
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Citation:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the Original Manuscripts Bequeathed by him to his Family, (London, 1804), 1, p. 10, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27994, accessed: 29 September 2024
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