Evidence: | 'We get by heart Greek grammar or Virgil every evening'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1813 and 22 Feb 1813 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Shelford | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | HIstorian, critic, politician |
Religion: | Church of England |
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: | Virgil |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Classics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3943 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
Title: | Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 37 | |
Additional comments: | Letter of Feb 22, 1813, from Macaulay to his father. |
Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 1, p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3943, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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