Evidence: | ?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is intolerably wordy & pompous; the Spectator is Hutton; and the Pall Mall is Greenwood ? that is to say, a mere mass of petty rancour, always snarling in the attempt to be smart & as narrow-minded as if it was an ecclesiastical organ. My brother, I am thankful to say, does not write in it now & says he can?t read it. Really, it is hard to be without an organ; but even old Times, lying & trimming & idiotic as it is, is less offensive to me than these performances. The only paper wh. I am told has some go in it is The World & that is simply blackguard.? |
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Country: | England | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Leslie Stephen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Nov 1832 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | The Times |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 3878 | |
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Author: | Leslie Stephen | |
Editor: | John Bicknell | |
Title: | The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882 | |
Place of Publication: | Ohio State University Press | |
Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 160 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (October 1875) |
Citation: | Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882 (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 160, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3878, accessed: 28 November 2023 |
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