Record Number: 27995
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 6 July 1738: 'I will carefully and speedily return the folio with which you so kindly surprised me. It promises me, as I turn the leaves transiently over, a good deal of pleasure in the perusal.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jun 1738 and 6 Jul 1738
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'folio'
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Form of Text:Print: Book
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Record ID:27995
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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:15
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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. 15, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27995, accessed: 28 September 2024
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