Evidence: | ?I have just excited his [her father?s] envy even to clasping his hands in distraction, by telling him of a man I met with in the middle of Grainger?s Worthies of England, who drew a mill, a miller, a bridge, a man and a horse going over the bridge with a sack of corn, all visible, upon a surface that would just cover a sixpence.? |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Belgium | ||||||||||
Time: | morning | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Brussels | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Maria Edgeworth |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1767 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Writer and governess |
Religion: | Christian (Church of England) |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Belgium |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | James Granger |
Title: | A Biographical history of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution |
Genre: | History, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 3 vols (1769-1774) |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4174 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Maria Edgeworth | |
Editor: | Augustus J. C. Hare | |
Title: | The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth | |
Place of Publication: | London: Edward Arnold | |
Date of Publication: | 1894 (2 vols) | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 32 | |
Additional comments: | Letter to Sophie Ruxton (23/2/1794). |
Citation: | Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4174, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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