Record Number: 6465
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so absolutely neglected, as he wants not point and turn, and wit, and fancy, and an imagination very brilliant: nor puts the reader to vast trouble to understand him
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:6465
Source:Samuel Richardson
Editor:John Carroll
Title:Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1964
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Page:160
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, (Oxford, 1964), p. 160, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6465, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Susanna Highmore, June 1750