Record Number: 1528

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Dorothy Wordsworth to Priscilla Wordsworth, 27 February 1815: 'The day before yesterday Miss Alne dined with us, and from her we learned that Chris[topher Wordsworth]'s sermons were just arrived at Brathay, so William walked to B. with Miss A. and borrowed one volume - It is the second. William and Mary have read several of the sermons and are very much delighted with them - I have not yet had leisure when the book has been at liberty and have only snatched a look at the subjects and the mode of treating them which appear to me to be very interesting. Pleased I was to greet that discourse upon Paul and Festus which I heard my Brother preach at Binfield ... I have not read any part of the sermon on Paul and Festus; but on looking it over it seems to me as if it had been shortened ... The only sermon on which I can say I have read any part is that upon National Education and an excellent discourse it appears to be.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 25 Feb 1815 and 27 Feb 1815

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Dorothy Wordsworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Dec 1771

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Christopher Wordsworth

Title:

sermons

Genre:

Sermon

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Borrowed (circulating library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

1528

Source:

Print

Author:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth

Editor:

Ernest De Selincourt

Title:

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

2

Page:

206

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 206, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1528, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Book seems to be borrowed from circulating/subscription library