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Record 1407

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
William Wordsworth to S.T. Coleridge, [5 May 1809]: 'Turning over an old Magazine three or four days ago I hit upon a paragraph stating that B. Flower had been fined ?100, and commited to Newgate for 4 months, for reflecting on the Union of Ireland, in some comments upon a speech of the bishop of Llandaff.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 May 1809 and 5 May 1809
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 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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown
Title: [magazine]
Genre: Ephemera, magazine
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 1407  
Source - Print  
  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: 332
  Additional comments: n/a

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. 332, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1407, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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