| Evidence: | From the Commonplace Book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Epitaph In the Church Yard of Brading, in the Isle of Wight':
'Forgive blest shade the tributary tear / That mourns thy exit from a world like this;/ Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here,/ And stay’d thy progress to the seats of bliss.
No more confin’d to grov’ling scenes of night, / No more a tenant spent in mortal day:/ Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, / And trace thy journey to the realms of day.'
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1814 and 18 Apr 1884 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Brading county: Isle of Wight, Hants specific address: Churchyard |
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| Reader: | Catherine Austen |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1794 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman's wife |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Epitaph |
| Genre: | Poetry, epitaph |
| Form of Text: | Print: tombstone |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 26566 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Mrs [Catherine] Austen | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Location: | Private Collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 9 |
| Citation: | Mrs [Catherine] Austen, Commonplace Book Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26566, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Mrs Austen's exact birthdate is not known. From her gravestone: 'Died April 18th 1884 in her 90th year'. This suggests she was born in 1794. The commonplace book contains references to events in 1816 and 1835, and several poems that refer to the Battle of Waterloo (1815). Since the hand is that of an adult, and the references to Waterloo appear early in the volume, but not at the very start, we have dated the reading experiences between 1814 and 1884, although this dating is tentative and it is likely that the reading experiences happened within a much narrower timeframe. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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