Evidence: | From John Wilson Croker's Note Books, 24 October 1825:
'The first time I ever saw [Germaine de Stael] was at dinner at Lord Liverpool's in Combe
Wood [...] During dinner she talked incessantly but admirably, but several of her apparently
spontaneous mots were borrowed or prepared. For instance, speaking of the relative states of
England and the Continent at that period, the high notion we had formed of the danger to the
world from Buonaparte's despotism, and the high opinion the Continent had formed of the
riches, strength and spirit of England; she insisted that these opinions were both just, and
added with an elegant elan, "Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine." This expression I
have since found in the journal of Camille Desmoulins.' |
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Reader: | John Wilson Croker |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 20 Dec 1780 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Secretary to the Admiralty |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Camille Desmoulins |
Title: | journal |
Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Politics |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24282 | |
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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: | 326 | |
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. 326, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24282, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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