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Record Number: 9330


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 27 November 1795, 'half after noon': 'Mr. Coxe, whom I could not dismiss, has sat reading to me till this instant, till I can scarce save the post [in letter of 24 November mentions expecting Coxe, for reading of chapters of life of 'my father', i.e. Robert Walpole].'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

27 Nov 1795

Country:

England

Time

morning
afternoon

Place:

city: Twickenham
specific address: Strawberry Hill

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:

Mr Coxe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

England

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

Horace Walpole, Lord Orford


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Life of Robert Walpole

Genre:

History, Biography, Politics

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

9330

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

1

Page:

491

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 1, p. 491, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9330, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

See also p.490 in source.

   
   
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