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Samuel Jackson Pratt : Gleanings in England

'Returned Pratt's "Gleanings in England" to the [D.S?] library having only read a few of the letters which did not please me.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter      Print: Book

Samuel Jackson Pratt : Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia

'Read a beautiful story in Pratt [borrowed on 11 Oct] concerning a decayed merchant & his daughter who had retired into Wales & were unexpectedly relieved by the Great John Howard.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter      Print: Book

Samuel Jackson Pratt : Gleanings in England

'Returned Pratt's "Gleanings in England" to the SS Library having only read a few of the letters which did not please me;'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter      Print: Book

Samuel Jackson Pratt : Lower World, The

'Mr Pratt Author of a poem called "the Lower World" & of divers other works in prose & rhyme sent to me his Book with obliging direction where to find a Line of Panegyric in the Performance. This was flattering & yet (on the common principles of human Nature) calculated to move Envy & stir up the angry movements of the spirit for I had but one solitary line of applause, virtuous, to be sure was my Muse denominated, but the Muse of Marmion had 3 lines'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe      Print: Book

Samuel Jackson Pratt : Sympathy; a Poem

'Mr Pratt & I began to write nearly about the same time & his Sympathy & my Village were [cancelled] nearly [ end cancelled] contemporaries, but this soon ceased & I was outrun in the first Season nor has his diligent Muse or whatever Spirit it be, ceased to prompt his ready Pen from that time to almost this present: The Lower World terminates his poetical career where Scott & Crabbe are handed down to'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Crabbe      Print: Unknown

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