Record Number: 9399
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Uvedale Price to Mary Berry,18 December 1813, discussing the importance of association and the physical senses in aesthetics: 'Fitzpatrick, in that exquisite poem I once read to you, has settled the matter most judiciously, and one might almost think he had these metaphysicians [i.e. eighteenth-century aestheticians Richard Payne Knight, Dugald Stewart and Archibald Alison] in view when he makes the Soul say to the Body, '"Yet trust me, I'm willing to waive all dispute; For though certain grave doctors, by few understood, Think they flatter me much when they call you a brute, Those who wish to divide us can mean us no good."'
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1747
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Mary Berry
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[metaphysical] poem
Genre:Poetry, Philosophy
Form of Text:Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:9399
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Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:2
Page:548
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 2, p. 548, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9399, accessed: 26 April 2025
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