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Record 23833

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'All this while [between the ages of 7 and 15] I neither read nor wrote; nor had I access to any book save the Bible. I was greatly taken with our version of the Psalms of David, learned the most of them by heart, and have a great partiality for them unto this day'.
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Between 25 Jan 1777 and 25 Jan 1785
Country: Scotland
Time: n/a
Place: other location: various farms in the Scottish borders
   
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:James Hogg
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 25 Jan 1772
Socio-economic group: Labourer (agricultural)
Occupation: shepherd's son, later poet
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Scotland
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Bible [Psalms]
Genre: Bible
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 23833  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Hogg
  Editor: Gillian Hughes
  Title: Altrive Tales
  Place of Publication: Edinburgh
  Date of Publication: 2003
  Vol: Collected Works 13
  Page: 13
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Altrive Tales (Edinburgh, 2003), Collected Works 13, p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23833, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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