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Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbon (vol 12 - 364) and the story of Myrrha in Ovid'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : Il Pastor Fido; tragicomedio pastorale

'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbon (vol 12 - 364) and the story of Myrrha in Ovid'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : Il pastor fido; tragicomedio pastorale

'[italics to denote Shelley's hand] Mary reads the 3rd fable of ovid. S & Clare read Pastor Fido. S. Reads Gibbon - (To recollect the life of Rienzi - Fortifiocca)[end italics]'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : Orlando Furioso

'Shelley and Clara begin Orlando Furioso'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : Orlando Furioso

'After tea read Ovid 83 lines - Shelley two or three cantos of Ariosto with Clary and plays a game of chess with her Read Voltaire's Essay on the Spirit of Nations'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont : Orlando Furioso

'[italics to denote Shelley's hand] S. reads Ovid - Medea and the description of the Plague - After tea M. reads Ovid 90 lines - S & C. read Ariosto - 7th Canto. M. reads Voltaire p. 126.'[end italics]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

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