| Evidence: | '[letter to Hector MacNeil - H.M.] Do I not well remember hiding "Kaims's Elements of Criticism", under the cover of an easy chair, whenever I heard the approach of a footstep, well knowing the ridicule to which I should have been exposed, had I been detected in the act of looking into such a book?' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 1 Jan 1801 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Stirlingshire | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Hamilton |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Jul 1758 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Episcopalian |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Home, Lord Kames |
| Title: | Elements of Criticism |
| Genre: | Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22365 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Elizabeth Hamilton | |
| Editor: | Elizabeth Benger | |
| Title: | Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1818 | |
| Vol: | II | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton (London, 1818), II, p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22365, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| this was when EH was a young woman living at her aunt's home, and is recounted elsewhere in the Memoirs as well. |
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