Record Number: 6914
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In Dodsley's "Miscellanies" there are two or three pretty pieces of Mr Mason. Bacon's "Life by Mr Mallet" perhaps you have seen. He is not near so good a Man, I fear, as Mr Mason'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1754 and 30 Apr 1754
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:19 Aug 1689
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:printer and writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[items in Dodsley's Miscellanies]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6914
Source:Samuel Richardson
Editor:John Carroll
Title:Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1964
Vol:n/a
Page:301
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Samuel Richardson, John Carroll (ed.), Selected Letters of Samuel Richardson, (Oxford, 1964), p. 301, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6914, accessed: 14 February 2025
Additional Comments:
Letter to Lady Bradshaigh, April 1754