Evidence: | '... I also enlarged my acquaintance with English literature, read Johnson's "Lives of the Poets", and, as a consequence, many of their productions also. Macpherson's "Ossain", whilst it gave me a glimpse of our most ancient love, interested my feelings and absorbed my attention. I also bent my thoughts on more practical studies, and at one time had nearly the whole of Lindsey Murray's Grammar stored in my memory, although I never so far benefited by it as to become ready at pausing.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Manchester county: Lancashire other location: workplace |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Bamford |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Feb 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | warehouseman (hand loom weaver) |
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 |
Author: | James Macpherson |
Title: | Ossian |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 7341 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Bamford | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Early Days | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1849 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 280-1 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Samuel Bamford, Early Days (London, 1849), p. 280-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7341, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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