Record Number: 13464
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I think Miss Berry's introduction of matter so offensive to the living very injudicious and blameable. You may be right perhaps in calling her preface dull and stupid but I doubt it is hypocritical - because I do not think there is any hypocrisy in her'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 5 Dec 1810
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Heslington
county: Yorkshire
(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:3 Jun 1771
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Clergyman
Religion:Christian
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:[Letters of Mme du Deffand to Horace Walpole and to Voltaire]
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspubl. 1810
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13464
Source:n/a
Editor:Nowell C. Smith
Title:The Letters of Sydney Smith
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:I
Page:195
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith, (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13464, accessed: 04 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter to Lady Holland