| Evidence: | 'I think Miss Berry's introduction of matter so offensive to the living very injudicious and blameable. You may be right perhaps in calling her preface dull and stupid but I doubt it is hypocritical - because I do not think there is any hypocrisy in her'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 5 Dec 1810 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Heslington county: Yorkshire |
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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: | 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: | Mary Berry (ed.) |
| Title: | [Letters of Mme du Deffand to Horace Walpole and to Voltaire] |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Letters |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | publ. 1810 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 13464 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Nowell C. Smith | |
| Title: | The Letters of Sydney Smith | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1953 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 195 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Nowell C. Smith (ed.), The Letters of Sydney Smith (Oxford, 1953), I, p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13464, accessed: 07 December 2023 | |
| Letter to Lady Holland |
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