| Evidence: | Two very long quotations:
1. 'Speech is as subject to interpretation there is so great a difference between indescretion and malice...'
2. 'Mythology. The promiscuous assemblage of truth and fiction would long since have been universally exploded...' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 8 Dec 1790 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bishop Lydeard specific address: Lydeard House |
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| Reader: | Frances Hamilton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1742 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Owned and managed large estate |
| Religion: | Protestant -probably Unitarian |
| 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: | M. de Secondat, Baron de Montequieu |
| Title: | Spirit of Laws |
| Genre: | Law |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | transl from the French, vol 1 |
| Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
| Record ID: | 11306 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Frances Hamilton | |
| Title: | Journals | |
| Location: | Somerset Record Office | |
| Call no: | DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7 | |
| Page/folio: | n/a |
| Citation: | Frances Hamilton, Journals Somerset Record Office, p. DDFS 6/1 7/4 6/3 7/2 5/2 5/7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11306, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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