| Evidence: | [italics]'S. Livy p.532 - Cumis, (adeo minimis etiam rebum prava religio inserit Deos) mures in aede Jovis aurum rosisse 556. 2 vol. Maie says that if we had met the Emperor Julian in private life he would have appeared a very ordinary man The fables of Aesop in Greek. - Boethius consolation of philosophy - how in the reign of Theodoric [underlined] a Christian? [end underlining] gr - Lord Bacon's works - Gibbon likes Boethius - [end italics] Mary reads Gibbon (100).'
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Feb 1815 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Aug 1792 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Aesop |
| Title: | Fables |
| Genre: | Classics, Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13526 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Paula R. Feldman | |
| Title: | The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 65 | |
| Additional comments: | Additional editor: Diana Scott-Kilvert |
| Citation: | Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13526, accessed: 25 May 2013 | |
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