Record Number: 9253
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 31 October 1790: 'Burke's pamphlet is to appear tomorrow, and Calonne has published a thumping one of 440 pages [Lettre sur l'Etat de la France, present et a venir]. I have but begun it, for there is such a quantity of calculations, and one is forced to bate so often to boil milliards of livres down to a rob of pds [sic] sterling, that my head is only filled with figures instead of arguments, and I understand arithmetic less than logic.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Oct 1790 and 31 Oct 1790
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:24 Sep 1717
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lettre sur l'Etat de la France, present et a venir
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Politics, Law
Form of Text:Print: Pamphlet
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9253
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:1
Page:248-49
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 1, p. 248-49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9253, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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