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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 20 November 1779:] 'A thousand thanks to you, my dear Mrs Vesey, for your charming Ode, which breathes all the spirit of that wil...Elizabeth Carter Elizabeth Vesey'Ode'Unknown
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 9 January 1782:] 'Alas, my dear friend, it is not a reflection on the writings or conversation of a licentious profligate infidel...Elizabeth Vesey ?Thomas Francois ?Raynal Print: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 21 August 1784:] 'Have you read Captain Cook's last voyages? I have just finished them. The description of the savage inhabitan...Elizabeth Carter James CookA Voyage to the Pacific OceanPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 11 June 1786:] 'I have just been reading, in an ancient acount of India, that the women there were remarkably chaste, unless the ...Elizabeth Carter 'ancient account of India'Print: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 26 January 1749:] 'I find, dear Sir, that if I put off my acknowledgements to the author of the divine Clarissa till I can meet w...Thomas Edwards Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 30 March 1751:] 'I never was master of any edition of Spenser but Rowe's, which, upon my first reading it, appeared to be publish...Thomas Edwards Edmund Spenser?The Works of Mr Edmund SpenserPrint: Book
1700-1799Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 30 March 1751: 'I never was master of any edition of Spenser but Rowe's, which, upon my first reading it, appeared to be published...Thomas Edwards Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 30 March 1751:] 'I never was master of any edition of Spenser but Rowe's, which, upon my first reading it, appeared to be publish...Thomas Edwards Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 8 May 1751:] 'All this while I have been hard at work upon [an edition of] Spenser; but to what purpose except my own private sat...Thomas Edwards Edmund Spenser Print: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 8 May 1751:] 'I had just been reading a paper which I met with at Aylesbury: it was a most puffy preface to proposals published b...Thomas Edwards Proposal for 'Universal Dictionary of Commerce'Print: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 28 February 1752:] 'I often entertain myself with reading over those charming Odes of Miss Mulso's, and admire them more and more...Thomas Edwards Hester Mulso'Odes'Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 March 1752, following his account of recent storm damage to rooks' nests in his garden:] 'This impertinent episode of the rook...Thomas Edwards  Print: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 20 March 1752:] 'As to Mr Pope, though I had some acquaintance with him, and admired him as a poet, yet I must own I never had an...Thomas Edwards Alexander Pope'Essays'Print: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 5 March 1753:] 'I am much obliged to you for the sonnet; it is very pretty'.Thomas Edwards Hester MulsosonnetUnknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 31 March 1753:] 'I cannot help mentioning to you, because I know it will give you pleasure, the good fortune that has fallen to o...anon Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 28 January 1754, on his return home from a stay in London:] 'I have not been a fort'n-night [sic] at home. The contrast between m...Thomas Edwards Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 1 March 1754:] 'Who is that Miss Nanny Williams who has published a pretty copy of verses addressed to you in the Gentleman's Mag...Thomas Edwards Anna Williamsverses addressed to Samuel RichardsonPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 29 May 1754:] 'I very much wonder, how it came to pass that I did not hear a syllable of Mr Duncombe's performance, till Miss Sal...Thomas Edwards John DuncombeThe FeminiadPrint: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 July 1754:] 'I did say, and I really do think, that it is a pity so many fine performances, as you and I have seen written by ...Thomas Edwards [Poetry by women]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Thomas Edwards to Samuel Richardson, 18 July 1754:] 'I return you many thanks for Miss Farrer's Ode on the Spring; it is a charming piece, and must do her honour with...Thomas Edwards Miss Farrer'Ode on the Spring'Manuscript: Unknown


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