Evidence: | John Wilson Croker to Mr Justice Jackson, 4 December 1856:
'I am pretty sure that the first eclogue and the first book of the Aeneid were all of Virgil that I
translated [while of school age]. Pope's Homer I had by heart. The old Lord Shannon had given
me one when my father once took me (aet. 10) to Castle Martyr. I dare say I knew of no
translation of Virgil, and, stimulated by the example of Mr. Pope, was resolved to fill up that
chasm in English literature.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 20 Dec 1790 and 20 Dec 1798 | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Wilson Croker |
Age | n/a |
Gender | n/a |
Date of Birth | 20 Dec 1780 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Pupil at Portarlington School |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Virgil |
Title: | Aeneid I |
Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 24193 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Louis L. Jennings | |
Title: | The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1884 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Louis L. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of The Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.,D., F.R.S. (London, 1884), 1, p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24193, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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