Evidence: | ?Another Sunday recollection is that of a Sunday morning gathering in a humble kitchen. Larry [a crippled shoemaker] made his appearance every Sunday morning, as regular as clockwork, with a copy of the "Northern Star", damp from the press, for the purpose of having some member of our household read out to him and others "Fergus?s Letter". The paper was first to be dried before the fire, and then carefully and evenly cut, so as not to damage a single line of the almost sacred publication. This done, Larry, placidly smoking his ? pipe, ? settled himself to listen with all the rapture of a devotee in a tabernacle to the message of the great Fergus, watching and now and again turning the little joint as it hung and twirled before the kitchen fire, and interjecting occasional chuckles of approval as some particularly emphatic sentiment was read aloud.? |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | morning: on Sunday | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Cheltenham location in dwelling: home, kitchen, in front of the fire |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Adams |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | Feb 1832 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Larry, the crippled shoemaker and probably other members of the Adams family |
Additional comments: | A member of the Adams family, probably William Edwin's father |
Author: | [n/a] |
Title: | Northern Star |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 7364 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William Edwin Adams | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of a Social Atom | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1903 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | 164-5 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William Edwin Adams, Memoirs of a Social Atom (London, 1903), 1, p. 164-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7364, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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