Record Number: 28380
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Anne Donnellan to Samuel Richardson, 14 July 1750:] 'I am also much obliged to you for the little book, which seems composed with a pious spirit; but I own calling them Psalms disappointed me. I never met with any composition, either as paraphrase or imitation of those divine compositions, that I liked; they come so infinitely short of the true sublime, that I should rather chuse a mere human composition in any other shape.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1750 and 14 Jul 1750
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Psalms'
Genre:Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28380
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Editor:Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Title:Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:4
Page:7-8
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Citation:
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (ed.), Correspondence of Samuel Richardson [...] Selected from the original manuscripts, bequeathed by him to his family , (London, 1804), 4, p. 7-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28380, accessed: 28 September 2024
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