Authority Cited: [Richardson] Clarissa; Pamela; Grandison
Author name and dates: Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)
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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 43 Richardson cites (41 Clarissa, 2 Pamela) in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, and about 55 cites (54 Clarissa, 1 Pamela) in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Six cites (3 Richardson (one of these is J. Richardsonas noted below), 1 Grandison, 1 Richards, 1 Lovelace) were identified as added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in boldface italic below. See the Keast reference below for an extended list of the headwords. The editions that SJ used for Richardson quotations are not known. Item 500 in the Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, is 12 volumes of Clarissa, Eng. and Dutch.]
Author name and dates: Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)
BKG Bio-tweet: Printer; successful writer of epistolary novels; several female mentees; respected friend of SJ
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 43 Richardson cites (41 Clarissa, 2 Pamela) in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, and about 55 cites (54 Clarissa, 1 Pamela) in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Six cites (3 Richardson (one of these is J. Richardsonas noted below), 1 Grandison, 1 Richards, 1 Lovelace) were identified as added in the 1773 Dict. indicated in boldface italic below. See the Keast reference below for an extended list of the headwords. The editions that SJ used for Richardson quotations are not known. Item 500 in the Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, is 12 volumes of Clarissa, Eng. and Dutch.]
- Clarissa: Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life : in seven volumes : to which is added, a table of contents: The fourth edition. In which many passages and some letters are restored from the original manuscripts. And to which is added, an ample collection of such of the Moral and Instructive sentiments interspersed throughout the Work, as may be presumed to be of general Use and Service, 1751, London: Printed for S. Richardson : And sold by John Osborn in Pater-noster Row ; by Andrew Millar, over against Catharine-Street in the Strand ; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard ; and by J. Leake, at Bath; alive, brindle, bumpkinly; . . . for (cited as Lovelace, "She wrapped him close for catching cold." not found in text, perhaps from memory); . . . worse; wrong; [BKG Note: Keast concludes, in the reference below, that Johnson derived many of the Clarissa quotations from "An Ample Collection of Such of the Moral and Instructive Sentiments interspersed throughout the Work, as may be presumed to be of General Use and Service," appended to Volume VII of the fourth edition of Clarissa, 1751. Keast notes that Richardson presented a copy of the 4th edition of Clarissa to SJ. Keast observes, and I agree, that many of the other quotations from Clarissa are from memory. Keast also notes that the quotation for homely, cited as Clar. in the 1755 Dict. and Clarendon in the 1773 Dict. may be from Clarissa, as may the quotation for walk, cited as Cla..]
- Pamela: Pamela; or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familliar letters from a beautiful young damsel, to her parents. ... To which are perfix'd, extracts from several curious letters written to the editor on the subject, Now first published in order to cultivate the principles of virtue and religion in the minds of youth of both sexes . . . . , 1741, London: printed [for Mary Kingman] in the year, 1741 . glisten; key; romance
- Grandison: The history of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In seven volumes, 1754, London : Printed for S. Richardson; and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster Row; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; by Andrew Millar, in the Strand; by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and by J. Leake, at Bath; crow
- Richardson (no work cited); ear (quotation source now, 2025, identified by Prof. Beth Young, U. of Central Florida, as from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, 1742, vol IV, p. 415; inexact quote, likely from memory); latterly (quotation source now, 2025, identified by Prof. Beth Young, U. of Central Florida, as from Explanatory notes and remarks on Milton's Paradise lost by J. Richardson, father and son, with a Life of the Author and a Discourse on the Poem by J.R. senior); offence (cited as Richards, inexact quote from Clarissa); waistcoat (quotation source not identified; Selby is a character in Sir Charles Grandison)