| Evidence: | 'After the breakdown of her marriage in 1752, Sarah Scott read voraciously and eclectically, the "History of Florence" and Lord Bacon's essays, and the Old Plays, Christianity not founded on argument, Randolph's answer to it... and some of David's Simple Life... an account of the Government of Venice, Montaigne's Essays.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 1 Jan 1752 | ||||||||||
| Country: | ? | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Sarah Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 21 Sep 1723 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | ? |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Randolph |
| Title: | his answer to Christianity not founded on argument |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 6421 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jacqueline Pearson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1999 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 93 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jacqueline Pearson, Women's reading in Britain, 1750-1835. A dangerous recreation. (Cambridge, 1999), p. 93, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6421, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
| See Walter Marion Crittenden, The life and writings of Mrs Sarah Scott - Novelist (1723-1795), p. 62. |
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