| Evidence: | 'I have now finished the morceau so highly reccomended by my nephew, the account of Gibbon's life and writings by himself and confess myself greatly disappointed, not indeed in the style which is like himself in the history, but I am disappointed in not being able to discover one single amiable trait. [continues at length]' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 4 Mar 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Benjamin Newton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1762 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Rector and J.P |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon |
| Title: | Miscellaneous works...with memoirs of his life |
| Genre: | Other religious, Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | commentator John Holroyd, Lord Sheffield |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5325 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Benjamin Newton | |
| Editor: | C.P. Fendall | |
| Title: | The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1933 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 59-60 | |
| Additional comments: | and ed. E.A.Crutchley |
| Citation: | Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 (Cambridge, 1933), p. 59-60, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5325, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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