| Evidence: | '16th. October. Thrown out at Shorncliffe, above Folkestone. Very stormy day with heavy seas running. Informed that the boat would not cross today, so took an exceedingly good lunch. After lunch we were informed that the boat would sail at 2.30 p.m. Left then, tremendous rolling and pitching. Everybody sick. I remember well standing at the rail with a general on my left hand and a major of the R.A.F. on my right, and talking to the deep with them. I felt like quoting "Death the Leveller" to them, substituting "seasickness" for "death". There was some humour in the situation. Boulogne. Put up at the Meurice and went to bed after tea.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Oct | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Lindsay Mackay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 1896 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Army officer, 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | James Shirley |
| Title: | 'Death the Leveller' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29211 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Digitized version of manuscript., |
| Citation: | Digitized version of manuscript., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29211, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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