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Frances Hamilton

 

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R. Atterbury (Bishop of Rochester) : The Epistolacy Correspondence. Speeches and Miscellanies with historical notes

'How pleasing Atterbury's softer hour! How shin'd the Soul unconquer'd in the Tower!' Pope.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

[unknown] : Poems and Essays by a Lady Lately Deceased

The reader listed the contents of this publication. Vol 1. The Second Edition. 'Poems. Ode to Hope. Elegy on the death of Mr Garrick. A Ballad. Subject Love [underlined] for the Bath Easton Villa. Louisa a tale. Envy: a fragment. On the New Year. 'Essays. On Sensibility. On the Character of Latitia. On Politeness. On the Character of Casio. On Candour. '2nd Vol. Third Edition. On Fortitude. On the Advantages of Application [?]. On the Pleasures of Religion. On Gratitude. On Happiness. On Christian Perfection. On Resignation.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

M. de Secondat, Baron de Montequieu : Spirit of Laws

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     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

John Mead : [Sermon about Wakefield's Address to the Inhabitants of Nottingham]

Remark that this publication was 'Abt the Test Act', so presumably read it.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

[unknown] : The Christian Church from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

an Observation 'By those who profess a knowledge of human Nature, the real causes of deep and continued dissension will rarely be sought...'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

[unknown] : A Letter to Earl Stanhope

content of this letter described 'as objected' in a pamphlet recommended by his Lordship 1789 (presumably the reader had read the letter)

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      

  

Aeschylus : The Tragedies of Aeschylus

'Vol 1 containing Prometheus Chain'd, The Supplicants, The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. 'Vol 2 Agamemnon. N.B. A Speech of Cassandra. This is the state of man: in prosperous fortune. a shadow passing light, throws to the ground joys baseless. fabrie. in a [?] come malice with a sponge moistened in gall, and wipes each beauteous character away. More than the first, this melts me soul to pity. The Choephora. bringing libations for the tomb; from whence the play received its name. The Furies. The Persians. [Quotes part of a speech by Aeossa (?)] "Who ever my friends, in the rough stream of life hath struggled with affliction... that gale shall allways breath."'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

Rev William Smith : Poetic Works including his version of Longinus on the Sublime

24 Oct 1788: 'Smith's version of Longinus on the Sublime, a translation with notes and observations - is a credit to the author and reflects lustre on Longinus himself. [Long quotation]: "to the unlearned also it may be of use ... an inclination to literature"'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

Rev William Smith : Poetic Works including his version of Longinus on the Sublime

13 Dec 1788 Another long quotation from Smith's translation: 'The Sublime is a certain force in discourse... from these three particulars joined together.' Also listed Longinus's five sources of the sublime.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

Rev J Granger : Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution, with a preface. Vol 1 and 2

Long description of character of Sir Keneth (?) Digby. 'By his eager pursuit of knowledge seemed to be born only for contemplation, but he was thought to be so well qualified for action, that in 1628 he was appointed commander of a Squadron ... made repris also on the Algerians [?] and set at liberty a great number of English slaves... His book "bodies" and that of "The Nature of Man's Soul" are reckoned among the best of his works. Abdiah Cole, a Physician of Note, flourished in this reign. There is a portrait of him in a Dr of Physic's Gown by / Crofts.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

[unknown] : Memoirs of Maximillion de Baltiure, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great

Long description of the character of Duke Sully by Henry 4th of France: 'his temper harsh, unpatient, obstinate, too enterprizing, presuming too much upon his own opinions... I know also that he has no malignity in his heart, that he is indefatigable in business... I find no-one so capable as he is of consoling me... That he may daily unify his heart and his manners.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

Abbot Barthelemu : Travels of Anacherbis the Younger in Greece during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian Era

Vol 7 On the Griphi and Impromptus (quotation) 'I was very large at my birth and likeways in old age; but very small when at maturity.' A Shadow. Such also is this 'There are two sisters who incessantly ... each other day and night.' both of which words are in Greek. Other Griphi turn on the resemblance of names as for example 'What is that which is at once found on the earth, in the sea and in the heavens' - The Dog, the Serpent and the Boar.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

Dugald Stewart : Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

'A book I have a high opinion of'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

  

D O'Bryan : The Government of the Country

'I read The Government of the Country by D. O'Bryan. N.B. a rebellious book.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Frances Hamilton      Print: Book

 

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