Evidence: | '[EDITOR's WORDS] His [her brother, Charles's ] conversation inspired her with a taste for oriental literature; and without affecting to become a Persian scholar, she spontaneously caught the idioms, as she insensibly became familiar with the customs and manners of the East'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 20 Dec 1786 and 1 Jun 1788 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Stirlingshire specific address: Ingram's Crook |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Hamilton |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 25 Jul 1758 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Episcopalian |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [oriental literature] |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20982 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Hamilton | |
Editor: | Elizabeth Benger | |
Title: | Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1818 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 109-10 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings (London, 1818), I, p. 109-10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20982, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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