Evidence: | 'When my day's task is at an end, I keep my nightly vigils with Young, whose Night Thoughts I do think, next to Milton's, the most sublime poem in the English language. I know 'tis accounted gloomy, and for those who love an eternal glare of sunshine it may be so; but for such as seek the shade 'tis only a refreshing repose. have you read it of late years?' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Reader: | Miss V[-] |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | correspondent of Charlotte Bury |
Author: | Edward Young |
Title: | Night Thoughts |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18503 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Charlotte Bury | |
Editor: | A. Francis Steuart | |
Title: | Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1908 | |
Vol: | II | |
Page: | 251 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), II, p. 251, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18503, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Date of letter unclear but probably 1820 or 1821 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)