Essay Conversation by Stillingfleet Benjamin (19 results)

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First edition. [2], 19pp, [1]. Recent marbled papers boards. Minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly creased, short tear to gutter of title page, scattered spotting. The first edition of influential botanist and writer Benjamin Stillingfleet's (1702-1771) competent but uninspired sub-Popian poem on cultivated life and the proper use of language, written partly in criticism of Richard Bentley who had vetoed Stillingfleet's hopes of a Fellowship at Cambridge. Some fairly stircit rules are laid down which, followed to the letter, would render the majority of discussions unworkable. ESTC T33301. Size: Folio.…

Folio, pp. [ii], 19; in recent marbled wrappers. First edition. The principal separately-published poem by the grandson of Edward Stillingfleet, Bishop of Gloucester. Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702-1771) was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but he was rejected for a fellowship by Richard Bentley, then the Master, who purportedly considered him too much a gentleman to hold such a position; this poem contains several less-than-flattering allusions to Bentley, whose decision was resented: And tho', when roughly us'd, he's full of Choler, As blustering B---y to a Brother Scholar (p. 14) Stillingfleet then spent fourteen years at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk as the tutor to William Windham. His Essay on Conversation was published just before he took his young charge on the Grand Tour; included is advice on such aspects of a cultivated life as taste, politeness, and the proper use of language. In later life Stillingfleet devoted much time to the study of botany. Stillingfleet's habit of wearing blue instead of formal black stockings at ladies' evening assemblies is said to have given rise to the word 'bluestockings'. This poem was at one point listed as by Henry Fielding, because of confusion with a prose essay of the same title which appeared in the first volume of his Miscellanies; in fact, Stillingfleet's name appears on the title-page of a second edition printed in 1738. Foxon S757; Rothschild 210.…

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20pp. 8vo. Some light foxing & dustiness. Disbound; some tears around stab holes but well clear of text. From the Library of Douglas Grant. ESTC N853, BL, NLS, and 6 copies in North America. Foxon, S758 noting that it was printed by Ruddiman on the evidence of the ornament. There was also a more common folio edition this same year. These verses have in the past been attributed to Henry Fielding, the confusion arising from a prose work of the same title which was published in his Miscellanies of 1743. Stillingfleet, 1702-1771, author & botanist. This essay was written partly in criticism of Bentley who had vetoed Stillingfleet's hopes of a Fellowship at Cambidge.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stillingfleet delivers advice on taste, politeness, and the proper use of language that would serve him well as a Blue-stocking later in life. An Essay on Conversation. London : Printed for L. Gilliver and J. Clarke, at Homer s Head in Fleet-Street, and at their Shop in Westminster-Hall, M,DCC,XXXVII. [1737] Price I s. The volume collates as follows:[2], 19, [1] p. The volume collates as follows: (2) title, A2 E2. Each leaf measures 336 x 228 mm. Anonymous by Benjamin Stillingfleet. Stillingfleet was educated at Norwich School before obtaining a B.A. at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1723. He failed to become a Fellow, partially because of the influence of Richard Bentley, Master of the college, who considered it a shame for a man of Stillingfleet's range of talents to 'be buried within the walls of a college'. Stillingfleet would later include allusions to Bentley in his Essay on Conversation ; "And tho', when roughly us'd, he's full of Choler, As blustering B---y to a Brother Scholar." (p. 14) He served as a tutor to bring in income and was the tutor to his relative William Windham at Felbrigg Hall for fourteen years. He then set out to accompany William Windham on the Grand Tour returning several years later in 1742. His Essay on Conversation was published in 1737, just before he took his young charge on the Grand Tour; included is advice on such aspects of a cultivated life as taste, politeness, and the proper use of language. Originally published unsigned Stillingfleets' name would appear on the title-page of a second edition printed in 1738. A society was founded in the early 1750s by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Vesey and others as a literary discussion group primarily for women. The society was noted for wanting conversation and did not encourage card playing. They invited various people to attend including Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Catharine Macaulay, Elizabeth Griffith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Ann Linley, Charlotte Lennox and Stillingfleet. There is no doubt that his Essay on Conversation would have served as an entre to the group. One story tells that Stillingfleet was not rich enough to have the proper formal dress, which included black silk stockings, so he attended in everyday blue worsted stockings. James Boswell records that during a period of poor conversation when Stillingfleet was absent that it was remarked that they were "nowhere without blue stockings". The term came to refer to the informal quality of the gatherings and the emphasis on conversation over fashion. The word bluestocking today is used to mean any learned woman.The Volume is in Very good Condition disbound, with generally clean, well margined leaves, some mild general toning. ESTC: T33301 Foxon S757.…