Record Number: 22360
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[letter to Hector MacNeil - H.M.] 'it appears to me, that even in your slighter pieces, this illusion [hiding judgment under imagination] is kept up; while, in your more finished producions, it is preserved in an uncommon degree. This, my feelings tell me; and to them, in this instance, judgment delegates her authority. Had I, previously to publication, known of your intention of paying a compliment to Lord N., I should certainly have remonstrated. I confess I was revolted by the idea of your virtuous muse binding her laurels round the brow of one of the most profligate and worthless of the human race; but that single passage excepted, I found so much pleasure in the perusal of the whole, that I would not have taken a thousand pounds to have gone critically over every if and and, purposely to pick out some faults'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:From: 1 Jan 1795
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:25 Jul 1758
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Episcopalian
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
given by Macneil
Source Information:
Record ID:22360
Source:Elizabeth Hamilton
Editor:Elizabeth Benger
Title:Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1818
Vol:II
Page:27-8
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton (London, 1818), II, p. 27-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22360, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Macneil published 'The Harp' in 1789 and his poetic tales, 'Scotland’s Scaith or the History of Will and Jean' (1795), and the sequel, 'The Waes of War or the Upshot of the History of Will and Jean (1796) but this may have been a later 'collected works'?
