Evidence: | 'The late Mrs Laidlaw of Willenslee took some notice of me, and frequently gave me books to read while tending the ewes; these were chiefly theological. The only one, that I remember any thing of, is "Bishop Burnet's Theory of the Conflagration of the Earth". Happy it was for me that I did not understand it! for the little of it that I did understand had nearly overturned my brain altogether. All the day I was pondering on the grand millennium, and the reign of the saints; and all the night dreaming of new heavens and a new earth - the stars in horror, and the world in flames! Mrs Laidlaw also gave me sometimes the newspapers, which I pored on with great earnestness - beginning at the date, and reading straight on, through advertisements of houses and lands, balm of Gilead, and every thing; and, after all, was often no wiser than when I began'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 25 Jan 1788 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Willemslee Farm other location: in the fields with sheep |
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Reader: | James Hogg |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 25 Jan 1772 |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
Occupation: | shepherd, later poet |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | [theological books] |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) lent by Mrs Laidlaw |
Record ID: | 23839 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Hogg | |
Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
Title: | Altrive Tales | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 2003 | |
Vol: | Collected Works 13 | |
Page: | 16 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Altrive Tales (Edinburgh, 2003), Collected Works 13, p. 16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23839, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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