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John Wordsworth

 

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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.'

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Century: 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 ... "'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: John Wordsworth      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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