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Record 13085

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Read Stanleys Life of Arneld, Twiss Life of Ld Eldon'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 17 Jul 1844
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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 and writer
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Arthur Stanley
Title: Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold
Genre: Biography, Letters
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 13085  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Nowell C. Smith
  Title: The Letters of Sydney Smith
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1953
  Vol: II
  Page: 840
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 840, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13085, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

Letter to Lady Grey. Assume SS has read this as he's recommending it.

 

 

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