| Evidence: | 'Some of the fine madams pointed out to him [Mr Sym] a few inadvertencies [in Hogg's "The Spy"], or, more properly, absurdities, which had occurred in the papers; but he replied, "O, I don't deny that; but I like them the better for these, as they shew me at once the character of the writer. I believe him to be a very great blockhead; still I maintain, that there is some smeddum in him".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1811 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Sym |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1752 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | James Hogg |
| Title: | The Spy |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23908 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Hogg | |
| Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
| Title: | Altrive Tales | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
| Vol: | Collected Works 13 | |
| Page: | 76-7 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Altrive Tales (Edinburgh, 2003), Collected Works 13, p. 76-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23908, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
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