| Evidence: | 'Byron's example has formed a sort of Upper House of poetry. There is Lord Leveson Gower a very clever young man. Lord Porchester too, nephew to Mrs Scott of Harden, a young man who lies on the carpet and looks poetical and dandyish - fine lad too - But
There be many peers
Ere such another Byron.' (footnote - An allusion to Cymbeline) |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Aug 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Novelist, poet and lawyer. |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Cymbeline |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25552 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W.E.K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 13 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25552, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
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