Record Number: 6920
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am employing myself at present, in looking over & sorting, & classing my Correspondencies and other Papers. This, when done, will amuse me by reading over again, a very ample Correspondence: & in comparing the Sentiments of my Correspondents, at the time, with their present; and improving from both'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 Dec 1755
Country:England
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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:Male
Date of Birth:19 Aug 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:printer and writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:correspondence and other papers
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Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter, letters and papers
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6920
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:317
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, (Oxford, 1964), p. 317, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6920, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Thomas Edwards, Jan 1755