| Evidence: | '[during a riddle game at Mrs Ward's home, Stocks] Lord Acton, who had that day devoured ten books of Biblical criticism that Mrs Ward had placed in his room, and would infinitely have preferred to go on talking about them, found himself confronted by the question: "Why is Lord Rothschild like a poker?".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 1 Jun 1892 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Hertfordshire specific address: Stocks |
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| Reader: | John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 10 Jan 1834 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | historian |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | |
| Title: | [biblical criticism] |
| Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ read at the home of Mrs Ward |
| Record ID: | 24119 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1923 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 113 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 113, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24119, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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