| Evidence: | 'Without reluctance, I push aside the massy quarto of Millar on the English government, to perform ther more pelasing duty of writing a few lines to you, by the conveyance of Mr Duncan.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 18 Nov 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: Thomson's lodging's, 8 richmond-Place |
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Millar |
| Title: | Historical View of the English Government, An |
| Genre: | History, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published 1787 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 7738 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 207 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 207, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7738, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Taken from letter from Carlyle to Robert Mitchell dated 18th November 1819, written at Edinburgh (address as above). Pages 207 - 210 in this edition. Details of publication given in editor's note. |
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