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Mrs Humphrey Ward would remember that 'in 1886, when her 10-year-old son was grappling with the classics, she "began seriously to read Greek."'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Humphrey Ward Print: Book
Mrs Humphrey Ward : Canadian Born
"When ... [Mrs Humphrey Ward] read aloud from Canadian Born (1910) to the assembled guests at Lord Stanley's part at Alderley Park, the verdict was that 'it was terribly boring' [as Venetia Stanley wrote to Violet Asquith, 12 October 1910]."
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Humphrey Ward
Mary Augusta Ward : Robert Elsmere
'The retired Governor of Madras Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, to whom Mrs [Humphry] Ward read extracts from "Robert Elsmere "before it was published, was arrested by the novel's passages of "extraordinary power"...'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Mrs Humphry Ward
[n/a] : The Derbyshire Patriot
'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him with vegetables...'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Mr Ward Print: Newspaper
Horace : [ode] 'Parcus deorum cultur et infrequens
'Horace having been mentioned; BOSWELL. "There is a great deal of thinking in his works. One finds there almost every thing but religion". SEWARD. "He speaks of his returning to it, in his Ode 'Parcus Deorum cultor et infrequens'" JOHNSON. "Sir, he was not in earnest: this was merely poetical".'
