Record Number: 13068

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read Guizot's Washington in the Summer; nothing can be better, more succinct more judicious, more true more just; but I think I have done with reviewing'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1840 and 6 Feb 1841

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Sydney Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Jun 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

writer and clergyman

Religion:

Christian

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. Guizot

Title:

'Washington: par M. Guizot'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published as introductory essay to French version of Sparks's Life of Washington

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13068

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Nowell C. Smith

Title:

The Letters of Sydney Smith

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

II

Page:

719

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 719, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13068, accessed: 21 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

letter to Lady Grey.