| Evidence: | 'I have read these leaves of your thesis; and really I find them very far beyond my expectation, which had satisfied itself with ranking your Latin (I now discover) far too little above the usual Grinder Latin. Some of these sentences are quite good. The sense too so far as it extends in these few lines is clear and flowing; and I have no doubt, if the rest in any way correspond to it, your Essay will be very far above the average.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Feb 1826 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Hoddam Hill | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John A. Carlyle |
| Title: | Thesis for medical degree "De Mentis Alientione" (On Diseases Of The Mind) |
| Genre: | Medicine, Thesis |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Degree thesis |
| Publication details: | Unknown |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22234 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 49 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22234, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle dated 7 March 1826, written at Hoddam Hill (Carlyle family residence). Pages 49-51 in this edition. |
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