The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray
Originally published in 1932, this book contains selected correspondence between Bishop of Worcester Richard Hurd and his lifelong friend Reverend William Mason, Precentor of York. Also included in the volume are letters from Hurd to the poet Thomas Gray. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century society.
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The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray
Originally published in 1932, this book contains selected correspondence between Bishop of Worcester Richard Hurd and his lifelong friend Reverend William Mason, Precentor of York. Also included in the volume are letters from Hurd to the poet Thomas Gray. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century society.
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The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray

The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray

The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray

The Correspondence of Richard Hurd and William Mason: And Letters of Richard Hurd to Thomas Gray

Overview

Originally published in 1932, this book contains selected correspondence between Bishop of Worcester Richard Hurd and his lifelong friend Reverend William Mason, Precentor of York. Also included in the volume are letters from Hurd to the poet Thomas Gray. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century society.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107654785
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 05/08/2014
Pages: 214
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Note on the text of the letters; Abbreviated titles; Introduction E. A. Pearce; Records of the principal events of the lives of Richard Hurd and William Mason, written by themselves; Letters (I-XXXVI) of Hurd to Mason and to Gray between 1747 and 1755; Note: an interruption of the correspondence; Letters (XXXVII-LIX) of Hurd to Mason and Mason to Hurd between 1788 and 1797; Appendix A. Letters (I*-V*) written after Mason's death; Appendix B. Manuscript poems by Gray and Mason; Index.
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