| Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth writes to Catherine Clarkson on 'Thursday Evening December 8th [1808]': 'Mr. De Quincey ... is beside me, quietly turning over the leaves of a Greek book ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 8 Dec 1808 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Allan Bank location in dwelling: Dining-room |
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| Reader: | Thomas De Quincey |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Aug 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | [Greek book] |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookUnknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1232 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1969 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 283 | |
| Additional comments: | From Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 8 December [1808]. |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The Middle Years, Part I: 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1969), 1, p. 283, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1232, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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