Record Number: 22688

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

MS notes, some evidently copied from Lord Macaulay's own marginalia in another volume. On p.145 Sir George writes: "I used to think this very fine at school. It now seems to me a very indifferent exercise in rhetoric." The date of reading is 1911.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1911

Country:

England

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:

George Otto Trevelyan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

20 Jul 1838

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Historian and statesman

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sallust

Title:

Opera omnia

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Valpy, 1820 (2v.)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22688

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

MS note in book cited below.,

Citation:

MS note in book cited below., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22688, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

I have not transcribed all notes in this book.