| Evidence: | Mary Berry, Journal, 31 March 1810: 'Mr Sydney Smith with me in the morning, looking critically over my Preface [to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand] and Life [of Madame du Deffand]. Much mended by his observations, upon which I am to work, and I set to it as soon as he was gone.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 31 Mar 1810 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | The Rev. Sydney Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Mary Berry |
| Title: | Life of Madame du Deffand |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 9155 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 413 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 413, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9155, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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