Record Number: 22365
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[letter to Hector MacNeil - H.M.] Do I not well remember hiding "Kaims's Elements of Criticism", under the cover of an easy chair, whenever I heard the approach of a footstep, well knowing the ridicule to which I should have been exposed, had I been detected in the act of looking into such a book?'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 1 Jan 1801
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:county: Stirlingshire
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Jul 1758
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:writer
Religion:Episcopalian
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Elements of Criticism
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22365
Source:Elizabeth Hamilton
Editor:Elizabeth Benger
Title:Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1818
Vol:II
Page:31
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Elizabeth Hamilton, Elizabeth Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton, (London, 1818), II, p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22365, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
this was when EH was a young woman living at her aunt's home, and is recounted elsewhere in the Memoirs as well.