Evidence: | '[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I have been reperusing Madame de Stael's De l'Allemagne. I cannot very well express how much I am charmed with that work. As Midas's hand had the art of transmuting everything it touched into gold, so her pen illuminates every object, turning the rude ore of the mine into current coin, and rendering it useful to every one. It is certainly a most luminous emanation of the human mind, and proves the female intellect may perchance equal, if not surpass, that of the other sex. I never read any style I like so well, and the candour, liberality, and impartiality of her sentiments are truly admirable'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
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Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | correspondent of Charlotte Bury |
Author: | Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Sta?l-Holstein |
Title: | De l'Allemagne |
Genre: | Geography / Travel |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18433 | |
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Author: | Charlotte Bury | |
Editor: | A. Francis Steuart | |
Title: | Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
Vol: | II | |
Page: | 100 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), II, p. 100, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18433, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
Date unclear as so many places in Bury's diary - 1815-1820. Letter received on Jan 4th but year uncertain. |
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