| Evidence: | 'In the evenings of late, we have been reading Harriet Martineau's sketch of "The British Empire in India", and are now following it up with Macaulay's articles of Clive and Hastings. We have lately read H.M.'s Introduction to the "History of the Peace" and have begun the "History of the Thirty Years Peace".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Dec 1857 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Richmond | ||||||||||
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| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writers |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Title: | Essays on Lord Clive And Warren Hastings |
| Genre: | History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7466 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Eliot [pseud] | |
| Editor: | Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston | |
| Title: | The Journals of George Eliot | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 71 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Eliot [pseud], Margaret / Judith Harris / Johnston (ed.), The Journals of George Eliot (Cambridge, 1998), p. 71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7466, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
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