| Evidence: | 'The Day was beautifull and I enjoyed the sweetness of the weather in riding walking and sitting out in the fields with a book - "Charles Grandisson" I am but at the second volume much amuses me I have begun to read also in English Robertsons history of America and Blairs lectures on Rhetoric and belles lettres - We have bought these books at Basle where they are well printed and cheap'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Feb 1793 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Austria | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Wardeck other location: out in the fields |
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| Reader: | Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1779 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Austria |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hugh Blair |
| Title: | Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | possibly a Swiss edition |
| Provenance: | owned bought at Basle |
| Record ID: | 12610 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Anne Fremantle | |
| Title: | The Wynne Diaries | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1935 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 192-3 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Anne Fremantle (ed.), The Wynne Diaries (London, 1935), I, p. 192-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12610, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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