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Record Number: 20599


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Benjamin Constant is writing some of the most successful pamphlets of the day., particularly one in favour of the liberty of the press which Lady Holland has just sent to Sir Samuel, together with a very excellent one of Gallois's on the same side'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 6 Sep 1814

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Great Russell St

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Romilly

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Mar 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque

Title:

[pamphlet on press freedom]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
sent by Lady Holland


Source Information:

Record ID:

20599

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Romilly

Editor:

Samuel Henry Romilly

Title:

Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1936

Vol:

n/a

Page:

81

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anne Romilly, Samuel Henry Romilly (ed.), Romilly-Edgeworth Letters 1813-1818, (London, 1936), p. 81, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20599, accessed: 25 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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