| Evidence: | Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by the lines 'the rattling tongue / Of saucy and audacious eloquence': This is Shakspeare's [sic] manly sense and knowledge of the world, introduced with perfect dramatic propriety. How different from Euripides's lectures on such subjects." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1800 and 1859 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Historian and Critic |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | The twelve volume edition of Shakespeare of 1778 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 817 | |
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| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 420 | |
| Additional comments: | In chapter on Macaulay's marginal notes |
| Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 420, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=817, accessed: 22 September 2023 | |
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