| Evidence: | 'we each [Elizabeth Barrett and her brother Edward] are blessed with abilities -- my dear Bro's
are more solid & more profound -- mine are more refined & dazzling [...] He delights in the
sober reasoning of the Historian! He feels greater interest in the noble Sallust while I have
remained entranced over a page of the divine & animated Cicero!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1821 and 28 Feb 1821 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Evangelical |
| 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: | Cicero |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16107 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 352 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 1, p. 352, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16107, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Evidence from Elizabeth Barrett's 'My Character and Bro's Compared' (composed February 1821). |
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