| Evidence: | "I have been through a course of perhaps the dreariest reading in the whole of English literature - I mean, 18th century sermons. Lord! how dull they are - almost as dull, I guess, as 19th century ditto. Indeed they are possibly stupider in some respects, though not quite so full of lying." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| 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: | [18th and 19th century sermons] |
| Genre: | Sermon |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3884 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 147 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Leslie Stephen to Charles Eliot Norton (25/12/1874). |
| Citation: | Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 1 1864-1882 (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3884, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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