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Record Number: 13501


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Consider what Lord Bacon says: 'Sense sends over to Imagination before Reason have judged...See Advancement of Learning, Part 2, P.47 of first Edition".

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
county: London
specific address: Hercules Road, Lambeth

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Blake

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Engraver and Poet

Religion:

Non-Conformist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Bacon

Title:

Advancement of Learning, Part 2, P.47

Genre:

Philosophy, Education

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

13501

Source:

Print

Author:

William Blake

Editor:

Geoffrey Keynes

Title:

The Letters of William Blake: with related documents

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

Letter 7 from Blake to Dr Trusler, written from Lambeth

Citation:

William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13501, accessed: 30 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Blake actually gives a page reference here. This is very unusual in his letters.

   
   
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