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George Gordon, Lord Byron : Poems on Various Occasions
Byron to William J. Bankes, on having received 'two Critical opinions, from Edinburgh' (of Lord Woodhouselee and Henry Mackenzie) in praise of his Poems on Various Occasions: 'I am not personally acquainted with either of these Gentlemen ... their praise is voluntary, and transmitted through the Medium, of a Friend, at whose house, they read the productions.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry Mackenzie Print: Book
Dr John Gregory : A Father's Legacy to his Daughters
"Doctor Gregory's Book was published at Edin [r] just two Days before I left that Place...I read it, tho butin the hurried Way which the Eve of Journey allowed of...I also think that the Publication of it, when one considers that the young Ladies to whom it is address'd are alive & unmarried, is liable to Objection..."
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Henry Mackenzie Print: Book
Henry Mackenzie : 'Essay on Dreams' (extract)
Monday, 5 December 1825: 'Dined at the Royal Society Club where as usual was a pleasant meeting of from 20 to 25. It is a very good institution. We pay two guineas only for six dinners in the year present or absent. Dine at 5 or rather 1/2 past 5 at the Royal hotel [...] till half past seven then coffee and we go to the Society [...] 'Henry Mackenzie now in his eighty second year read part of an Essay on Dreams.'
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