Evidence: | 'The dead lights [shutters used to protect ships' interiors during storms at sea]were no sooner up and a candle made fast to the table by many a knot and twist of small cord, than my young companion took up a book, and very composedly began to read to herself. I begged her to let me share her amusement by reading aloud. This she instantly complied with. She had however taken up the first book that came to hand, which happened to be not very apropos to the present occasion, as it proved to be Lord Kaims's Elements of Criticism. She read on however and I listen'd with much seeming attention, tho' neither she nor I knew a word it contained [...] The storm roared over and around us, the Candle cast a melancholy gleam across the Cabin, which we now considered as our tomb. We did not, however, assist each other's distress, for neither of us mentioned our own.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 25 Oct 1774 and 31 Dec 1774 | ||||||||||
Country: | in transit | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: At sea, aboard the Jamaica Packet | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Fanny Rutherfurd |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | none |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | North Carolina |
Country of experience: | in transit |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Janet Schaw |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Henry Home, Lord Kames |
Title: | Elements of Criticism |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Arts / architecture |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | First published 1762 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 19055 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Janet Schaw | |
Editor: | Evangeline Walker Andrews with Charles MacLean Andrews | |
Title: | Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776 | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 1934 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 43-44 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Janet Schaw, Evangeline Walker Andrews with Charles MacLean Andrews (ed.), Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776 (New Haven, 1934), p. 43-44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19055, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
Reader 18 or 19 years old, and returning to America following education in Scotland. |
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