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TRER/12/57
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Letter from Sir George Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan
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- 16 Jan 1903 (Creation)
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Welcombe, Stratford on Avon. - Encloses a letter from Gilbert Murray which he asks Robert to return; curious what he says about Euripides; is not sure whether he agrees with him about the New Comedy, of which he is planning to read the fragments soon; Terence is charming. Is reading Theocritus and is much impressed; is also reading [Cicero's] dialogues, which 'tunes the mind for one's morning's work'. Sends love to Elizabeth; is glad she is reading [Richardson's] "Clarissa"; thinks Clarissa's 'short letter to Lovelace' may, in its way, be 'the most extraordinary thing in literature'.
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- Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838-1928), 2nd Baronet, statesman and historian (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Elizabeth (1875-1957), musician (Subject)
- Murray, George Gilbert Aimé (1866-1957), classical scholar and internationalist (Subject)
- Euripides (c. 480 BC–c. 406 BC), Greek tragedian (Subject)
- Theocritus (fl 270 BCE) Greek poet (Subject)
- Tullius Cicero, Marcus (106 BC - 43 BC) statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher (Subject)
- Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761) printer and author (Subject)
- Terentius Afer, Marcus (c 190 BC - c 159 BC) comic playwright, known as Terence (Subject)