| Evidence: | 'There is no Reading that so changes the Scene upon one, and carries one so completely out of one's self I think, as Astronomical Speculation: unless indeed the Study of the Ancient prophecies and modern Calculations of this World's final Dissolution: when we read Burnet on the Conflagration, or Whiston on the expected Comet, how little seem to Common Objects of our Care!' |
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| Date: | Until: 1 May 1779 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hester Lynch Thrale |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Jan 1741 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Whiston |
| Title: | Astronomical Year, The: Or an Account of the Great Year MDCCXXXVI. Particularly of the Late Comet, Which was foretold by Sir Isaac Newton |
| Genre: | Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 23157 | |
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| Author: | Hester Lynch Thrale | |
| Editor: | Katharine C. Balderston | |
| Title: | Thraliana | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1951 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 383 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 383, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23157, accessed: 19 June 2013 | |
| editor says this is probably the text in question |
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