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CORNWALL

DING 2013: "Born in Falmouth, Co., he first ran a bookshop and then became a landscape painter, travelling through Scandinavia and Russia. He became an expert in oriental languages. He finally settled in Bristol where he devoted himself to literature, especially poetry. He wrote two Cornish dialogues in 1787 and 1798 which where later re-edited with variations. The first one by Rev. Richard Polwhele and John Ayrton Paris and the second one just by Rev. Polwhele.”

WORKS

1787. “A Cornish Dialogue.” 28th July. Daily Universal Register. SC.

1806. “A Cornish Dialogue between Grace Penwear and Mary Treviskey". In. Rev. R. Polwhele. The Language, Literature and Literary Characters of Cornwall: with Illustrations from Devonshire. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies: 24-25. SC.

1806. “Cornish Dialogue between Two Old Men”. 1806. In Rev. R. Polwhele. The Language, Literature and Literary Characters of Cornwall: with Illustrations from Devonshire. London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies: 24-25.

1824. “A Cornish Dialogue between Grace Penwear and Mary Treviskey.” Rept. in John Ayrton Paris. A Guide to the Mount’s Bay and the Land’s End; comprehending the topography, botany, agricultyre, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of western Cornwall. To which is added ... a dialogue on the peculiar advantages of the climates of Penzance, Devonshire, and the southern parts of Europe. London: W. Phillips:266-269. SC.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Courtney, W. P. 2007. "Fox, Charles (1740?–1809)". rev. Philip Carter. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10020, accessed 17 May 2015]

http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?&method=GET&recordid=33228

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/charles-fox-3629396-details.aspx?intObjectID=3629396

http://www.worldcat.org/title/charles-fox-two-letter-fragments-als-nd/oclc/215388180

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Charles Fox

(1749-1809)