| Evidence: | 'We remained in Paris from 8th September [1869] to the 18th. The effect of the daily articles against the Empire, which Grote devoured with avidity, of course, appeared to me to be more beneficial to his health and spirits than anything he had yet tried. He used to go out and buy a heap of these trashy diatribes every day, bringing in an armful to our apartment at Meurice's [...] moreover, I own to having spent much time over the "trash" in question, myself.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 8 Sep 1869 and 18 Sep 1869 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Paris | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Grote |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 17 Nov 1794 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | anti-Empire articles |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper, Pamphlet, Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 25701 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Harriet Grote | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1873 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 303 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Harriet Grote, The Personal Life of George Grote. Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to an from Various Friends. (London, 1873), p. 303, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25701, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Source author goes on to report her husband George Grote as having said: '"The pleasure I derive from reading all this flood of abuse arises from the bare fact of its publication, without the writers of it being marched off to the Bicetre. That is the point which touches my sympathies, after 18 years of suppression of all liberty of speech in the [French] nation"' (p.303). |
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