Evidence: | Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 6 November 1807:
'Lady Elizabeth [Foster, Lady Harriet's father's mistress] went to the play last night and I dined alone with my father. Till desert it was a very rapid and silent performance, but we then talked a great deal and I felt very much at my ease with him [...] We [...] talked about the Edinburgh Review and the Hint to a young reviewer, that I sent you, which he thinks very clever. Upon this subject he was really formidable, for in asking me what I thought of different parts, both of the review and the criticism of it, he questioned me so closely, contradicted me so flatly or agreed with me so cautiously, that it was more like a trial than a conversation, and I got up from this cross examination with my face as hot as fire and my hands as cold as ice.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Oct 1807 and 5 Nov 1807 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Lady Harriet Cavendish |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | Aug 1785 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
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: | |
Title: | 'Hint to a Young Reviewer' |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown |
Publication details: | [?in the Edinburgh Review |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 25878 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer | |
Title: | Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 235-236 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Sir George Leveson Gower and Iris Palmer (ed.), Hary-o: The Letters of Lady Harriet Cavendish 1796-1809 (London, 1940), p. 235-236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25878, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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