BIB_ID
127506
Accession number
MA 1024.5
Creator
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.
Display Date
1751 Feb. 13.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.9 cm
Notes
Dated "Feby 13 1750-1" by Richardson.
Numbered "L. 10" and dated "Feby 13 1750-1" at head; paginated 29-32 in upper corners (possibly by Richardson); labeled "mine to Mr. Edwards" perpindicular to text on p. 4.
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.
Probably a retained copy.
The passage copied out is from Richardson's History of Sir Charles Gradison, Letter VI (Miss Byron to Miss Selby, Saturday, January 28), beginning "'You say,' says Harriet to Lucy, 'that if a woman resolves not to marry, till she finds herself addressed by a Man of strict Virtue, she might be forever single.'"
Numbered "L. 10" and dated "Feby 13 1750-1" at head; paginated 29-32 in upper corners (possibly by Richardson); labeled "mine to Mr. Edwards" perpindicular to text on p. 4.
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.
Probably a retained copy.
The passage copied out is from Richardson's History of Sir Charles Gradison, Letter VI (Miss Byron to Miss Selby, Saturday, January 28), beginning "'You say,' says Harriet to Lucy, 'that if a woman resolves not to marry, till she finds herself addressed by a Man of strict Virtue, she might be forever single.'"
Summary
Apologizing for not responding to his letter sooner; discussing Harriet Byron (the heroine of his History of Sir Charles Grandison) at length, comparing her to his heroine Clarissa Harlowe, and thanking him for some suggestions regarding a paragraph which Richardson acknowledges may be "open to Censure." Copying out a the relevant passage, showing the edits he intends to make in order to avoid the charge of indelicacy. Mentioning mutual acquaintances; encouraging Edwards to publish one of his works; further mentioning Clarissa.
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