the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Philip Dormer Stanhope : Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Phili

'Books lately read' Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, 4 vols. It has been said of these letters... The first and 2nd vols appear to me unexceptionable. Of the others, I cannot say so much, there is a degree of libertinism expressed...

Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Ellen Weeton      Print: Book

Philip Dormer Stanhope : Characters of eminent personages of his own time

'Looked over Lord Chesterfield's "Characters": all of which are neatly, and some very finely, drawn...'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Green      Print: Book

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