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Record 16127

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
James Commeline to Elizabeth Barrett, 1 December 1827: 'Together with Mr Price's book, allow me to return you my best thanks for the perusal of it. Though written [...] with great elegance & felicity of composition, it really strikes me as a remarkable specimen of that order of architecture [...] of which all the parts are perfect in their kind, except the foundation [goes on to criticise work in detail].'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Nov 1827 and 1 Dec 1827
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:The Rev. James Commeline Jr
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Clergyman
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: unknown
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Uvedale Price
Title: An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages
Genre: Classics, Essays / Criticism, Philology
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1827
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16127  
Source - Print  
  Author: n/a
  Editor: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson
  Title: The Brownings' Correspondence
  Place of Publication: Winfield
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: 2
  Page: 87
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 87, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16127, accessed: 02 May 2024

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