Evidence: | 'With Madame de Staal's Memoirs, so strongly praised by the excellent Baron Grimm, I was a good deal disappointed: she has nothing to tell and does not tell it very well. She is neither important, nor admirable for talents or virtues. Her life was not worth recording.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Mar 1815 and 31 Mar 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Yorkshire | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | 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: | Marguerite de Launay, Baronne de Staal |
Title: | Memoires |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (private library) |
Record ID: | 13232 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 254-5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 254-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13232, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Leter to Francis Jeffrey |
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