Evidence: | 'He thus remarks on the Imitations of Horace's Satires: "Horace had perhaps less wit than Pope, but far more humour, far more variety, more sentiment, more thought. But that to which Horace chiefly owes his reputation, is his perfect good sense and self-knowledge, in whcih he exceeded all men."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 25 Oct 1800 and 28 Dec 1859 | ||||||||||
Country: | India | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | historian and critic |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | India |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Horace |
Title: | Satires |
Genre: | Classics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 310 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 403 | |
Additional comments: | Appendix on Macaulay's marginal notes. Double quotation marks denote Macaulay's marginalia. |
Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 403, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=310, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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