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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'However, at all Hazards, I'll venture to stand the Test of publishing the Following, because Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] approved it.' [LP then reproduces several ...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonRoman Father, The; A TragedyManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'One Day, as I was in my Shop, a Gentleman, very richly dressed, told me, he had a Letter for me; I received it very respectfully, but could not help smiling, when I foun...Laetitia Pilkington Laetitia Pilkington[a love letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[LP wrote a poem 'To his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield'] 'just as I had finished this poem, [italics] Worsdale came in, and snatched it from me, saying, he would se...James Worsdale Laetitia PilkingtonTo his Excellency the Earl of ChesterfieldManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP wrote a poem 'To his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield'] 'just as I had finished this poem, [italics] Worsdale came in, and snatched it from me, saying, he would se...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo his Excellency the Earl of ChesterfieldManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'One day as I was sitting in my Shop, a Woman who though very badly drest, had a Dignity in her Air which distinguish'd her from the Vulgar, stood reading the paper I had...Laetitia Pilkington[notice in her shop window]Manuscript: Sheet
1700-1799[Two gentlemen came in to LP's shop and saw her with an MS volume of her Memoirs open in front of her; they inquired as to whether it was her accounts] 'This Gentleman, w...an earl Laetitia Pilkington[Memoirs and Poems]Manuscript: volume
1700-1799[LP went to visit Colley Cibber] 'and met, according to Custom, a very kind Reception: For his Friendship to me was inviolable. He was writing the [italics] Character and...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP recounts, addressing Matthew Pilkington, how she was invited to a Dublin widower's house and in the parlour] 'a Gentleman sat reading my first Volume. I did not inter...a gentleman Laetitia PilkingtonMemoirsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Having been told by a lady that Lord Kingsborough lived nearby, and expressed enthusiasm, the lady said] 'well, Madam, though you have made a Mystery of your Name, I am ...a lady Laetitia PilkingtonMemoirsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I wrote, in order to gain Relief, to a Prelate of [italics] Ireland [end italics], then resident in [italics] London [end italics]; I sent the letter by the Daughter of ...Robert Clayton Laetitia Pilkington[letter asking for financial assistance]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[LP received a letter from Lord Kingsborough, in response to her Dedication to him] 'I return you my Thanks for the Favour of your Dedication, which tho' I am sensible is...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia Pilkington[Dedication to her 'Memoirs']Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP having written to Lord Kingsborough in warm terms after he, having heard bad things of her, ordered her to destroy his letters, she sent him a poem pleading forgivene...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia Pilkington[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[LP having written to Lord Kingsborough in warm terms after he, having heard bad things of her, ordered her to destroy his letters, she sent him a poem pleading forgivene...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. the Lord KingsboroughManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Pilkington reproduces her poem 'The Petition of the Birds', written for her fiance] This little poetical Essay met with more Applause than it really merited, on Account...Matthew Pilkington Laetitia Van LewenPetition of the Birds, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'the emerald ring' 'it is agem which [...]' [transcribes poem] 'le landon'.Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan Laetitia Elizabeth LandonThe Emerald RingUnknown
1800-1849'Change' 'We say that people ... [transcribes text]'LEL'Mary Dugdale Laetitia Elizabeth Landon'Change'Unknown
1800-1849'L.E.L.'s [Laetitia Elizabeth Landon's] 3d vol is very good indeed. It has Romance & Sentiment; which is that in which she excells - [underlined] Reality [end underlining...Mary Shelley Laetitia Elizabeth LandonRomance and RealityPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Austen read especially novels by women, including Mary Brunton, Frances and Sarah Harriet Burney, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Lennox, Lady Morgan, Ann Radcliffe, Regina M...Jane Austen Laetitia Matilda Hawkins[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'We have got "Rosanne" in our Society, and find it much as you describe it; very good and clever, but tedious. Mrs Hawkins' great excellence is on serious subjects. The...Jane Austen Laetitia Matilda HawkinsRosanne; or, a Father's Labour LostPrint: Book
1800-1849'We have got "Rosanne" in our Society, and find it much as you describe it; very good and clever, but tedious. Mrs Hawkins' great excellence is on serious subjects. The...Anna Lefroy Laetitia Matilda HawkinsRosanne; or, a Father's Labour LostPrint: Book


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