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Record 23654

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[Mr Lysons] brought me these Old Verses one Day, I think they are to be found in a book called Paradise of dainty Devices - compiled in the Reign of Elizabethe' [the (unidentified) verses are given]
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 13 Jan 1784
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Bath
   
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: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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [verses beginning 'Pass gentelle Thought to her whom I love best']
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown
brought by Mr Lysons

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 23654  
Source - Print  
  Author: Hester Lynch Thrale
  Editor: Katharine C. Balderston
  Title: Thraliana
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1951
  Vol: I
  Page: 586
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 586, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23654, accessed: 24 April 2024

Additional comments:

The verses do not appear to be in this miscellany - editor's note.

 

 

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