Letters Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807The literary career of Anna Seward (1742-1809) had many frustrations. Erasmus Darwin once printed her poetry under his own name. Horace Walpole accused her of having 'no imagination'. And despite her evident talents, she was unable to find a patron willing to support a woman. Yet her letters reveal the breadth of her interests and the strength of her literary criticism. In addition to writing to newspapers and magazines, she counted many eminent figures among her correspondents, including James Boswell (who begged for a lock of her hair) and the young Walter Scott. This six-volume selection of her letters, edited by the publisher Archibald Constable (1774-1827), first appeared in 1811. Volume 1 covers the period 1784-7. Showing the first signs of her long-lasting acrimony towards Samuel Johnson, whom she saw as a bully, it includes some of her anecdotes of him, alongside her own equally expert criticism. |
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Contents
Miss Powys Page | 3 |
Miss Weston | 7 |
Rev T S Whalley | 9 |
Wm Hayley Esq | 13 |
Dr Percival of Manchester | 17 |
Rev T S Whalley on the Continent | 21 |
William Hayley Esq | 24 |
Lady Marianne Carnegy | 31 |
Miss Powys | 154 |
Archdeacon Clive | 159 |
Miss Weston | 162 |
Mrs Stokes | 167 |
George Hardinge Esq | 171 |
Rev T S Whalley | 173 |
William Hayley Esq | 177 |
Rev Dr Warner | 181 |
Miss Weston | 35 |
James Boswell Esq | 39 |
Mrs Knowles | 46 |
Court Dewes Esq | 50 |
Rev 1 S Whalley then on the Continent | 58 |
William Hayley Esq | 62 |
Mrs Brooke | 65 |
Court Dewes Esq | 67 |
Dr S | 70 |
Miss Helen Williams | 76 |
Mrs G | 79 |
William Hayley Esq | 90 |
Mrs Mompessan | 97 |
XXIII Mrs Knowles | 105 |
Court Dewes Esq | 114 |
H Repton Esq | 124 |
James Boswell Esq | 129 |
Miss Scott | 133 |
Miss Weston | 137 |
Court Dewes Esq | 141 |
Mrs Martin | 151 |
Miss Scott | 185 |
George Hardiuge Esq | 188 |
Mr Repton | 192 |
George Hardinge Esq 194 | 194 |
Rev Dr Warner | 197 |
George Hardinge Esq | 201 |
Miss Powys | 208 |
George Hardinge Esq | 210 |
XLVIIL George Hardinge Esq | 216 |
Mr W Newton | 221 |
George Hardinge Esq | 229 |
Miss Weston | 235 |
George Hardinge Esq | 242 |
Miss Weston | 245 |
Mrs Mompessau | 250 |
Rev Dr Warner | 254 |
Miss Weston | 257 |
Mrs Cotton | 265 |
George Hardinge Esq | 271 |
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Common terms and phrases
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