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'. |
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
Author: | |
Title: | Bible [Psalms] |
Genre: | Bible |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 23833 | |
Source - | ||
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 |
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