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Lord Shaftesbury : 'letter on Enthusiasm'

From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (September 1818): 'September 30th. At Badgemore [family's country residence] 'Rose at 7. Read some of Lord Shaftesbury's letter on Enthusiasm until 9 [...] I finished it after breakfast, and was extremely pleased with it [...] At 12 I read a chapter of the German Bible with my sister.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Grote      Print: Book

Lord Shaftesbury : 'letter on Enthusiasm'

From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (September 1818): 'September 30th. At Badgemore [family's country residence] 'Rose at 7. Read some of Lord Shaftesbury's letter on Enthusiasm until 9 [...] I finished it after breakfast, and was extremely pleased with it [...] At 12 I read a chapter of the German Bible with my sister.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Grote      Print: Book

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