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Record Number: 13399


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read no article but Ross which I like and Larrey which I do not dislike tho' I think it might have been made more entertaining. The article upon, and by Brougham is too long for the distressing brevity of human life'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1819 and 20 Apr 1819

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Yorkshire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sydney Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Jun 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

[article in Edinburgh Review about Larrey's Memoires de Chirurgie Militaire]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Edinburgh Review (March 1819)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13399

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Nowell C. Smith

Title:

The Letters of Sydney Smith

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

I

Page:

325

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 325, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13399, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Letter to Francis Jeffrey

   
   
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