Record Number: 6451
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[I am] pleased with Mr Whitehead's Essay on Ridicule, a Piece which shews the Goodness of the Author's Heart, so much preferable to that of the Head alone'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Apr 1743
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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
Date of Birth:19 Aug 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:printer and author
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay on Ridicule
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6451
Source:Samuel Richardson
Editor:John Carroll
Title:Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1964
Vol:n/a
Page:59
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, (Oxford, 1964), p. 59, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6451, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Aaron Hill, April 1743