. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... stage till 1761, when shoquitted it, and became eminent as a ro-mance writer. She died in 1792. Amongher best productions are, Letters of JuliaCatest)y ; History of the Marcjuis de Cressy ;Erncstina; and Letters from Lord Riversto Sir Charles Cardigan. RICH, Claudius John, a learnedwriter, was born in 1776, and at the ageof seventeen became resident of the EastIndia Company at Bagdad; for whichsituation he was indebted solely to hiamerit and literary attainments. His re-searches into t
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... stage till 1761, when shoquitted it, and became eminent as a ro-mance writer. She died in 1792. Amongher best productions are, Letters of JuliaCatest)y ; History of the Marcjuis de Cressy ;Erncstina; and Letters from Lord Riversto Sir Charles Cardigan. RICH, Claudius John, a learnedwriter, was born in 1776, and at the ageof seventeen became resident of the EastIndia Company at Bagdad; for whichsituation he was indebted solely to hiamerit and literary attainments. His re-searches into the antiquities of the Eastwere extensive. He wrote Memoirs ofAncient Babylon. He died at Shiraz, in1821. RICHARDSON, Jonathan, an Eng-lish painter, born about 1665, was a pupilof Riley, and married his niece. As a por-trait ])ainter, he was not without by his son, he wrote an Essay onthe Art of Criticism, as it relates to Paint-ing; an Argument in behalf ofthe Scienceof a Connoisseur; an Account of someStatues, Bas Reliefs, &c. in Italy; andExplanatory Notes on Milton. He diedin , .^amuel, is said tohave been the son of a joiner, and wasburn, in 1689, in Derbyshire. His educa- ftIO Hon was scanty, and he was acquaintedwith no language but his own. He seemsat an early period to have been fond offraming stories, to relate to his school fel-lows, and of writing letters. In 1706, hewas bound apprentice to a printer, and in1719 he commenced business in SalisburyCourt, Fleet Street, By dint of industry,his establishment became highly flourish-ing. Onslow, the speaker of the commons,was one of his patrons. Though he hadcompiled indexes, and written prefacesand dedications, it was not till 1741 thathe came prominently forward in a literarycharacter. In that year he published Pa-mela, and at once rose into 1748 Clarissa came forth, and in 1763Sir Charles Grandison. The general cho-rus of praise, and almost of adulation,that rose around him,
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