| Evidence: | 'Rogers is in an indescribable agony about his poem. The Hollands have read and like it. The verses on Paestum are said to be beautiful. The whole poem is not more than 800 lines. Fazackerly thinks it poor meagre stuff; Luttrell approves it; I have not seen it'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1819 and 31 Jan 1819 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Nicholas Fazackerly |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1787 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | member of parliament |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Rogers |
| Title: | Human Life |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13389 | |
| 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: | 314 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 314, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13389, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Letter from Sydney Smith to Lady Grey |
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