'Anne Grant loved books, but felt guilty about literary pleasure: she enjoyed Byron's poems but worried about their morality, and was "fully convinced of the bad tendency" of the works of Peter Pindar because of "the amusement I derive from them".'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Print: Unknown
'Took Pindar's "Tales of Hoy" to the library; I think it much inferior to most of his other publications which I have seen. Corinna's "Epitaph", which I have transcribed is however one of his prettiest productions. Brought the 1st vol of "Remains of Living Authors".'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter Print: Unknown
'written by Peter Pindar, at Merton, the seat of the late Lord Nelson, onhis catching a nightcap on fire, which his lordship had lent him'.
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Molineux group, including Mrs Molineux
Letter to Miss Dunbar May 4 1802 'I cannot tell you how much I admire and despise Peter*. He is every way original, and most original in this respect, that I know not that ever any other object at once excited my contempt and admiration. His humour is most peculiar, most unaffected, most irresistible. Yet, for what end Providence entrusted a weapon so dangerous in the hands of one who avows his disregard to everything sacred and venerable, is very difficult for us to conjecture ?[continues comments]
[footnote]*Peter Pindar, a witty, but low, and mischievous writer of verses.'
Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] Print: Book
'Shelley reads P.[eter] Pindars works aloud'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley Print: Book
