Evidence: | 'Madam, I am really ashamed of not having answered your very obliging and interesting letter, and not hving acknowledged the receipt of the pretty poem which you have done me the honour of submitting to my perusal. The fact is, I have been confined to my room for several days, and though I have run through your entertaining M.S., I have by no means given that attention to it which it deserves, and which alone would entitle me to give you an opinion upon it.... I can, from the very cursory perusal I have hitherto made of it, say very truly that it gave me great pleasure, and is both an elegant and poetical work...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1812 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Lord Holland |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 21 Nov 1773 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | Whig politician |
Religion: | unknown |
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: | Mary Russell Mitford |
Title: | Poems on the Female Character |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Sheet |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned Sent by author |
Record ID: | 16629 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | A.G. L'Estrange | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1882 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 71 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Lord Holland to Miss Mitford, undated |
Citation: | A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16629, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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