| Evidence: | 'I read Guizot's Washington in the Summer; nothing can be better, more succinct more judicious, more true more just; but I think I have done with reviewing'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1840 and 6 Feb 1841 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Sydney Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Jun 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | writer and clergyman |
| Religion: | Christian |
| 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. Guizot |
| Title: | 'Washington: par M. Guizot' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | published as introductory essay to French version of Sparks's Life of Washington |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13068 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 719 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), II, p. 719, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13068, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
| letter to Lady Grey. |
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