Record Number: 11306

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Two very long quotations: 1. 'Speech is as subject to interpretation there is so great a difference between indescretion and malice...' 2. 'Mythology. The promiscuous assemblage of truth and fiction would long since have been universally exploded...'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

8 Dec 1790

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bishop Lydeard
specific address: Lydeard House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Frances Hamilton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Nov 1742

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Owned and managed large estate

Religion:

Protestant -probably Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

M. de Secondat, Baron de Montequieu

Title:

Spirit of Laws

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

transl from the French, vol 1

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11306

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Frances Hamilton

Title:

Journals

Location:

Somerset Record Office

Call No:

DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Frances Hamilton, Journals, Somerset Record Office, DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11306, accessed: 22 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None