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Record 5622

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I went to the Library; read Bramhall against Hobbes'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 20 Aug 1725
Country: England
Time: afternoon: Afternoon
daytime
Place: city: Manchester
other location: Chetam's Library
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:John Byrom
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1691
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Teacher, Fellow of the Royal Society
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Bramhall
Title: Castigation of Mr Hobbes [with the appendix]The Ca
Genre: Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5622  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Byrom
  Editor: Henri Talon
  Title: Selections from the Journals and Papers of John Byrom, Poet-Diarist-shorthand Writer
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1950
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 78
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Byrom, Henri Talon (ed.), Selections from the Journals and Papers of John Byrom, Poet-Diarist-shorthand Writer (London, 1950), p. 78, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5622, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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