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Record 10984

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Search in Blackstone and Goldsmith's "History"; much struck with style of latter; deserving [I] think, to be more talked of'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 30 Aug 1808
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:William Windham
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 3 May 1750
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: government minister, 1806-1807
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Blackstone
Title: Commentaries on the laws of England [?]
Genre: Law
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10984  
Source - Print  
  Author: William Windham
  Editor: Mrs Henry Baring
  Title: The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1866
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 479
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham (London, 1866), p. 479, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10984, accessed: 28 March 2024

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