in Basilique Saint-Pierre
from Letter from Charles Burney to Mrs Burney, 30th September 1751, page 330:
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[mardi 11 décembre 1770] To Day several plots were laid for my being well recd. by Rousseau — but whether they will succeed I know not yet — he now as tis sd. only transcribes Music — says he can neither read nor write to any purpose — complains of want of Memory. [. . .]
[jeudi 13 décembre] Went early this morng. with a Letter from Freron, backed by Monnet to Gui the Bookseller one of the few people Rousseau suffers to approach him, in order to contrive an Interview between us....
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cite as
Charles Burney, Letter from Charles Burney to Mrs Burney, 30th September 1751. In Charles Burney, and Alvaro Ribeiro (ed.), The letters of Dr Charles Burney, volume 1 (Oxford, 1991), p. 330. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1377264578 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Experience Information
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by Ivan Hewett on Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:29:38 +0100