| Evidence: | To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792
'Can you find anything equal to his [Ossian's] descriptions of nature; his address to the Sun in Carthos, that to the Moon in Darthula, and the last hymn? Surely in the joy of grief and in night scenes there is nothing equal to him. I would rather read the description of one of his ghosts than of all Homer's gods. One of my greatest reasons for admiring him is that his heroes are so good [italics].' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | Dec 1776 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Daugher of a banker, writer |
| 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: | Ossian |
| Title: | hymns |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9738 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | H M Bowdler | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Fragments in Prose and verse by Miss Elizabeth Smith, lately deceased with some account of her life and character | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1809 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 8 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | H M Bowdler, Fragments in Prose and verse by Miss Elizabeth Smith, lately deceased with some account of her life and character (London, 1809), p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9738, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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