| Evidence: | 'I do not like your Tragedy; there is little interest in it; no material fault but the absence of anything very good. I am not the less obliged to you for sending it. You will hate me for giving you my true opinion, but you have asked me to do so and in such matters I never deceive'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 29 Oct 1829 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Taunton county: Devon specific address: Combe Florey |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Sydney Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Jun 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | writer and clergyman |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | T.H. Lister |
| Title: | Epicharis |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | was printed in Oct 1829, but it sounds like Smith may have been reading a MS |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) sent by Lister |
| Record ID: | 13051 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 504 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 504, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13051, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Letter to T.H. Lister |
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