'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby:
"I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch I had read with no little pleasure more than 30 years ago. "I knew a gentle Maid".'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: William Wordsworth Print: Book
'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby:
"I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch I had read with no little pleasure more than 30 years ago. "I knew a gentle Maid".'
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Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: William Wordsworth
'On 18 April 1807, C[oleridge] told Sotheby:
"I read yesterday in a large company, where W. Wordsworth was present, about 150 lines of your Saul, respecting your country, Nelson, & the admirable transition to the main subject, which follows it - and it was delightful to me, to observe that the enthusiasm which had given animation & depth to my own tones, manifested itself with at least equal strength in the faces & voices of all the auditors."'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 19 February 1799: 'Mr. Sotheby sent me his "Battle of the Nile." [...] There seems to be a number of good lines in the poem, but the conduct of it is not to me clear'.
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Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Berry
'To His Majesty's Ship Barham, appointed by the King to convey Sir Walter Scott to Naples. By William Sotheby Esq.'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Bowly group
