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Record 19468

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'With this parcel we return Messrs Marshall and Young. some Observations from the former I lay by as matters to be inquired into but have taken nothing by way of Extract, so that all you intend to take may be put in the proper Place in your work, without Danger of Repetition' [Crabbe is alluding to his work on the 'Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir', a collaboration with John Nichols]
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 21 Jan 1791
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Muston
   
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:George Crabbe
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 24 Dec 1754
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: clergyman and poet
Religion: Christian
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: William Marshall
Title: Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, The; Including the Management of Livestock in Leicestershire and its Environs'
Genre: Geography / Travel, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)
borrowed from Nichols?

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 19468  
Source - Print  
  Author: George Crabbe
  Editor: Thomas Faulkner
  Title: Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1985
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 44
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 44, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19468, accessed: 19 April 2024

Additional comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to John Nichols.

 

 

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