Record Number: 28387
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Mary Delany to Samuel Richardson, 16 August 1751: 'I am now reading Dr Young's Night Thoughts, and can hardly forbear sending him a rapture of thanks for the entertainment and delight they give me, and above all for raising my mind so much above [italics]This poor terrestrial citadel of man[end italics].'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Aug 1751 and 16 Aug 1751
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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:Female
Date of Birth:1700
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Artist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Night Thoughts
Genre:Other religious, Poetry, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:28387
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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:48
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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. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28387, accessed: 17 August 2024
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