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Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 27 December 1811: 'To diminish the evil [of smoking chimneys] we have a constant fire in Sara's room where we are now sitting at 7 o' clock in the evening. John is reading his lesson to Sara.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth
Daniel Defoe : Robinson Crusoe
Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'John is certainly much quicker in reading than he was. He has read very hard and taken up the Book frequently himself - this with the hope of getting into his new history of England when he has finished Robinson Crusoe.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth Print: Book
: [a story book]
Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] is reading a Story Book of Algernon [Montagu]'s at home and you would be surprised to hear how well he reads it; yet when he is reading a Book that does not interest him he seems to read it just as ill as ever.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth Print: BookManuscript: Letter
unknown : History of England
Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him to take his History of England to School; but he blushed and said he could not read well enough - I tried him and find he can ... '
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth Print: BookManuscript: Letter
: [grammar]
Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him to take his History of England to School; but he blushed and said he could not read well enough - I tried him and find he can ... '
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth Print: Book
: dictionary
William Wordsworth describes his eldest son's slowness in reading to his brother Christopher Wordsworth, 1 January 1819: ' ... he is so long in finding his words in his dictionary ... '
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth Print: Book
M. G. Lewis : Felon, The
'In a letter to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] of 10 March 1801, J[ohn] W[ordsworth] added that "Mr Lewis's poem [The Felon] is the most funny one I ever read ... "'