| Evidence: | 'Lord Bolingbroke said he learned Spanish so as to read & write Letters in it with only three Weeks Application, - Baretti said the same of Miss Horneck - I suppose both are Lyes. I read it in Spence.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 29 Feb 1780 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Streatham Park | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Lynch Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Joseph Spence |
| Title: | Anecdotes |
| Genre: | Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | later published (1820) |
| Provenance: | read in situ shown by Dr Pepys |
| Record ID: | 23175 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
| Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
| Title: | Thraliana | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 425 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 425, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23175, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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