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The spiritual side of Samuel Richardson Joling-van der Sar, Gerda J. Citation Joling-van der Sar, G. J. (2003, November 27). The spiritual side of Samuel Richardson. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/513 Version: Corrected Publisher’s Version License: Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the Institutional Repository of the University of Leiden Downloaded from: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/513 Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable).    THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON Mysticism, Behmenism and Millenarianism in an Eighteenth-Century English Novelist   THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF SAMUEL RICHARDSON Mysticism, Behmenism and Millenarianism in an Eighteenth-Century English Novelist Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D.D. Breimer, hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 27 november 2003 klokke 15.15 uur door Gerda Joke Joling - van der Sar geboren te ‘s-Gravenhage in 1955  Promotiecommissie Promotor: Prof. Dr. A. Hamilton Co-promotor: Dr. V.M. Tinkler-Villani Referent: Prof. Dr. P.J. de Voogd (Universiteit van Utrecht) Overige leden: Prof. Dr. H. Beukers Dr. M. Rudnik-Smalbraak (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Dr. I.M. Tieken-Boon van Ostade Prof. Dr. E.G.E. van der Wall Prof. Dr. B. Westerweel The cover design employs details from the imprints used by Samuel Richardson for George Cheyne´s Essay on Regimen (first edition 1740) and William Law´s Answer to Dr. Trapp (third edition 1756). � G.J. Joling - van der Sar 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author. ISBN 90-9017087-1  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my thanks to the staffs of the University Library in Leiden, the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, who have been most helpful. Similar courtesy was extended by the staffs of the Edinburgh University Library, the Royal Library in The Hague, the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology in Leiden, the J.R. Ritman Library (Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica) in Amsterdam, the Library of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam as well as that of the University of Amsterdam, the Library of the University of Utrecht, the Moravian archives in Herrnhut, and the Library of the Society of Friends in London. I especially thank my friends Cathy Burgersdijk, Ria Taffijn and Christa de Jager for their support, and I am very grateful to Ko Bruynzeel for his invaluable assistance to prepare the text and plates for the printer. But, most of all, I am deeply grateful to Han for his patience, support and encouragement.