Jeremy Bentham in a trip from London to Browning Hill, near Reading, Berkshire - late August, 1760
from Letter from Jeremy Bentham to his father, Jeremiah Bentham, 30 August 1760 , pages 14–15:
I arrived in good time at the inn on Tuesday morning, for I believe it was ¾ of an Hour after I came before they sat out: I believe I shall make you stare a little when you hear of one of the passengers: […] Mrs. Vincent, the famous singer at Vauxhall; who was going to pay a visit to her relations. […] I forgot to tell you, that Mrs. Vincent sang us God save the King, and Britons strike home in the machine [i.e. the stagecoach].
Jeremy Bentham, Letter from Jeremy Bentham to his father, Jeremiah Bentham, 30 August 1760 . In Timothy L.S. Sprigge (ed.), The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Vol. 1, 1752–76, volume 1 (London, 2017), p. 14–15. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1515499299408 accessed: 21 December, 2024
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'Britons strike home'
written by Henry Purcell |
performed by Mrs Isabella Vincent |
'God save the King'
written by Thomas Arne |
performed by Mrs. Isabella Vincent |
Experience Information
Date/Time | late August, 1760 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |