Evidence: | 'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Rambler[end italics],Mason's plays, Addison's [italics]Cato[end italics], etc. This we were often called to do when we were invited to dine with Aunt Clarke [reader's great-aunt, to whom "Lyddy," Sewell's father's unmarried sister, a companion].'
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1819 and 31 Dec 1833 | ||||||||||
Country: | Great Britain | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Newport county: Isle of Wight |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Sewell |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 19 Feb 1815 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | child |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | Great Britain |
Country of experience: | Great Britain |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Lydia Sewell (reader's aunt). |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Joseph Addison |
Title: | Cato |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12567 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Editor: | Eleanor L. Sewell | |
Title: | The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 21 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell (London, 1908), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12567, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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