| Evidence: | 'In spring 1789 W[ordsworth]translated Horace's Ode to Apollo (Ode I xxxi) with the help of [Christopher] Smart's translation.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1789 and 1 Jun 1789 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Wordsworth |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1770 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | Horace |
| Title: | Works of Horace. Translated into English Prose, for the use of those who are desirous of acquiring or recovering a competent knowledge of the Latin language. By Christopher Smart |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Translated Christopher Smart. 2 vols, Dublin, 1772 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1342 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 76 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799 (Cambridge, 1993), p. 76, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1342, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Noted in entry 136 (iii) of Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1770-1799. |
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