[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Untitled]; [Text] 'Oh that I had the wings of a dove/ that I might flee away and be at rest/ So prayed the Psalmist to be free/ From mortal bond and earthly thrall/ And such, or soon, or late, shall be/ Full oft the heart breathed [?] prayer of all/ ?' [total = 4 x 8 lines verses follow the 2 line quote]
Century: 1800-1849 / 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine Print: Unknown
'we, as a family, are going through a whole course of Indian literature - Kaye and Malcolm to wit; but I am afraid I read it for duty's sake, without taking as much interest as I ought to do, in all the out-of-the-way names & places, none of which give me any distinct idea'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Book
The Marchioness of Abercorn to John Murray, 4 December 1817, in reponse to a gift of books:
'[The Marquess of Abercorn] returns Walpole, as he says since the age of fifteen he has read so much Grecian history and antiquity that he has these last ten years been sick of the subject. He does not like Ellis's account of "The Embassy to China," but is pleased with Macleod's narrative. He bids me tell you to say the best and what is least obnoxious of the [former] book. The composition and the narrative are so thoroughly wretched that he should be ashamed to let it stand in his library.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Marquess of Abercorn Print: Book
The Marchioness of Abercorn to John Murray, in reponse to a gift of books:
'Lord Abercorn says he thinks your conduct with respect to sending books back that he does not like is particularly liberal. He bids me tell you how very much he likes Mr. Macleod's book; we had seen some of it in manuscript before it was published.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Lord and Lady Abercorn Manuscript: Unknown
'As we sat waiting for dinner and discussing
religion, our first hostile impressions were
gradually smoothed away. I recited the opening
chapter of the Quran and proved myself less
ignorant than had been supposed: a translation of
the Lord's Prayer established the essential unity
of religion, to the satisfaction even of the thin
little Mirza from Medina: and a short discussion
on history produced out of the bottom of a chest a
Persian translation of Sir John Malcolm's 'History
of Persia', which the Agha studies on winter
evenings.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Freya Stark Print: Book
