Record Number: 10079

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[transcibed in what seems to be Lady Caroline's hand]: 'What is Majesty without its externals?-- / by Burke'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 3 Jun 1805 and 26 Jan 1828

Country:

England, Ireland, or France

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Lady Caroline Lamb

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1785

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

socialite, novelist, inflential member of Whig political elite

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England, Ireland, or France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

(n?e Ponsonby)

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edmund Burke

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10079

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby)

Title:

[commonplace book 2]

Location:

John Murray Archive

Call No:

Acc.12604/4106

Page/Folio:

41v

Citation:

Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), [commonplace book 2] John Murray Archive, p. Acc.12604/4106, p. 41v, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10079, accessed: 23 September 2023

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Additional Comments:

I have been unable to find what text Lady Caroline is referencing here. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert.