Record Number: 9263
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Anne Damer, travelling in France, to Mary Berry, 24 April 1791, on encounter with de Broc, the mayor of Bayonne, 'the most ridiculous [italics]personage[end italics] that can be imagined [...] round, fat, with the tightest silk dress, not a tooth [...] and the voice of a frog [...] Before the visit was over we were such friends that he gave me some of his [italics]verses[end italics] on [italics]C. Fox[end italics], and if there is a corner in this letter, I must send them to you, for I was [italics]delighted[end italics] and desired to have them [four-line French verse, "A L'Orateur Fox," follows as postscript].'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 20 Apr 1791 and 24 Apr 1791
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Bayonne
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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Sculptor
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A L'Orateur Fox
Genre:Poetry, Politics
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:9263
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:1
Page:344
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry, from the year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 1, p. 344, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9263, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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