Evidence: | '[Mrs Ward] had found a task for Mrs Lyttelton's quick mind, to while away the too-long hours of that summer [while her husband was fighting in the Boer war], in a translation into English of the "Pensees" of Joubert; their consultations over the fine shades of his meaning, while the bees hummed in the lime tree on the lawn, became the light and relaxation of her days, while, later on, the Introduction she contributed to the book helped its appearance with the public'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1900 and 1 Sep 1900 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Aldbury county: Hertfordshire specific address: stocks Cottage, on Mrs Ward's estate |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Katherine Lyttelton |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | soldier's wife |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | Joseph Joubert |
Title: | Pensees |
Genre: | Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | in French |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 24311 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1923 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 175 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 175, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24311, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
read in order to translate; translation appeared 1899. |
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