| Evidence: | From John Wilson Croker's Journal of 1818:
'December 16th. -- Before dinner His Royal Highness told me he had been reading Walter
Scott's edition of Swift, which, and particularly the correspondence, amused him; and above
all he was surprised to find Dr. Sheridan's character to be so exactly that of poor Sheridan. He
said he thought the best letters were Lord Bolingbroke's [...] I had shown H.R.H. in the
morning, a copy of a letter written 40 years ago by Mrs. Delany (widow of the Dr. Swift's
friend) giving an account of a visit of the Royal family to Bulstrode, in which H.R.H. was
mentioned; he was pleased at this revival of early reflections, and assured me every word of
the account was true.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1818 and 16 Dec 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Brighton | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1762 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Prince Regent |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jonathan Swift |
| Title: | works (including correspondence) |
| Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Ed. Walter Scott |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 24240 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Louis L. Jennings | |
| Title: | The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1884 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 128 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Louis L. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. (London, 1884), 1, p. 128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24240, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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