| Evidence: | 'When Mrs Hinde (the Old Lady) would sometimes talk to her about Books, she?d cry out, "Prithee don?t talk to me about books?as I never read any Books, but men & Cards"?But let any Body read [ital] her [close ital] Book; & then tell me, if she did not draw Characters with as masterly a hand as Sr Joshua Reynolds. "Go thou and do likewise."' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699, 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Sarah Churchill |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1660 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | wife of the Duke of Marlborough |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | editor's note: 'a commonly attributed remark' |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9880 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Fanny Burney | |
| Editor: | Betty Rizzo | |
| Title: | The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney | |
| Place of Publication: | London: Oxford University Press | |
| Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
| Vol: | IV | |
| Page: | 73 | |
| Additional comments: | In a letter to Fanny Burney Samuel Crisp. dated 27 April 1780 from Chessington. |
| Citation: | Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), IV, p. 73, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9880, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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