Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) [ Art and Literature ]
… of a form of transnational, cross-channel sociability. 3 1 . To David Garrick, March 19, 1762, Laurence Sterne, The Letters , ed. by Melvyn New and Peter de Voogd, The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne , vol. VII, p. 242. 2 … 1760, with illustrations by William Hogarth which Sterne had managed to secure. 4 . To Robert Dodsley, October 5, 1759, Letters , vol. VII, p. 96. Such was its success that there were two more editions within a year. The book found its … social circles, meeting the earl of Chesterfield or Lord Lyttelton, and being presented at Court. Both men of letters, Lyttelton had been a friend of Pope and of Fielding, while Chesterfield knew writers connected with writers such …
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