Evidence: | The Dowager Lady Spencer to Mary Berry, from Nuneham (seat of George Simon, second Earl of Harcourt), 21 August 1799: 'Have you ever seen the 3d vol. of Mason's Poems, published two years ago? I never did till I came here; and I have found some sweet things in them, which I have been reading this morning in the flower-garden facing the cinerary urn Lord Harcourt has erected to his memory [goes on to transcribe final six lines of sonnet written by Mason 'in his 70th year'].' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Aug 1799 and 21 Aug 1799 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Nuneham other location: Garden |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | G., Dowager Lady Spencer |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | aristocrat |
Religion: | unknown |
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: | William Mason |
Title: | Poems (third volume) |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1797 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 8850 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
Title: | Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 94 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 94, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8850, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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