Record Number: 14049
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter to Miss Ourry Oct 14 1791 'This temporary triumph of irreligion and false philosophy will tear the mark off the monster ?What pains have been taken to promulgate that profound discovery, ?that bigotry and religious zeal have done more hurt in society, than scepticism and all the mere speculative, evils of philosophy?.? [it seems likely that this is a paraphrase of Hume's philosophical "Essay concerning human understanding"]
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 Oct 1791
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1755
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Wife/widow of Church of Scotland mnister then author
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay concerning human understanding
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14049
Source:Anne Grant
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1807
Vol:2
Page:229
Additional Comments:
Attribution of quote is tentative
Citation:
Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807, (London, 1807), 2, p. 229, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14049, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range given as birth to date of letter; title and author from external source.
