| Evidence: | 'This last is not near so interesting as the former, there is too much of pompous fine writing in it at least attempts at it. Such papers as that declamatory one on the state of parties are not the kind of political papers that will stand the test. Besides how absurd is it to praise Madam [sic] de Stael and attack Playfair?!!' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 12 Oct 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Eltrieve Lake | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Hogg |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | Nov 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | farmer / writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | September 1818 issue |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 18836 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Hogg | |
| Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of James Hogg, The | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 2004 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 383 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 383, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18836, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Letter to William Blackwood |
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