BIB_ID
127504
Accession number
MA 1024.7
Creator
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
Display Date
1756 Nov. 10.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "To The Reverend Mr. Lobb, at Hungerford-Farley, near Bath, Somersetshire."
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in seperate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in seperate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Concerning a visit by Mr. Lobb's son, noting "we elders love to be taken notice of by our ingenious and worthy juniors;" referring to his writings, mentioning Mr. Greville "cavils," and acknowledging that "possibly the gentleman might be right in one half of what he said against me; and as to the other half, if he valued himself on the superior opportunities he has had to be polite and well-educated, and the writings of both were to be the test of our merits, it would, by competent judges, perhaps be as much matter of wonder that I did no worse, than that he did not perform better."
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