| Evidence: | 'a Bible lying near her, she took it up, and opened it in the presence of the Company, who observing what place it was openend at, they found it to be the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew: this chapter she seemed to read over to her self with a buzzing Noise, pointing to every Verse and Line with her Finger.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Wapping location in dwelling: indoors |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Sarah Bower |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Protestant |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Family, visitors |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Gospel |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12203 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Richard Dirby | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Dreadful news from Wapping; being a further relation of the sad and miserable condition of Sarah Bower | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1693 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 8 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Richard Dirby, Dreadful news from Wapping; being a further relation of the sad and miserable condition of Sarah Bower (London, 1693), p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12203, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
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