Record Number: 24612
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Lord Aberdeen to John Wilson Croker, 21 February 1851: 'In reading Lord Holland's book, which I did very cursorily, I was more struck by its dulness than by any other quality. A senseless hostility to all legitimate Kings and Queens, and a ludicrous exaltation of "[italics]that great Prince[end italics]," Bonaparte, might have been expected; but it is wonderful how little the volume contains which has not either been long well known, or which is not worth knowing [discusses text further]'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1851 and 21 Feb 1851
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Type of Experience(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
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Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Foreign Reminiscences
Genre:Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsc. early 1851
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Source Information:
Record ID:24612
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Editor:Louis J. Jennings
Title:The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1884
Vol:3
Page:223
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 t0 1830, (London, 1884), 3, p. 223, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24612, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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