| Evidence: | Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 23 July 1807:
'This morning I got up between 8 and 9, read 500 lines of Milton's Paradise Lost, walked in the garden, played upon a Russian Bilboquet Willy brought me last night, and pride myself upon my candour in confessing this last occupation to you.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 23 Jul 1807 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Devonshire House |
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| Reader: | Lady Harriet Cavendish |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | Aug 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | Paradise Lost |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25742 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer | |
| Title: | Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 199 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 199, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25742, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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