| Evidence: | ?? for a long time I read ten chapters in the Bible every day, I also read and learned many hymns, and as soon as I could procure some of Mr Wesley?s Tracts, Sermons etc. I read them also; many of them I perused in ?Cloacina?s? Temple, (the place where my Lord Chesterfield advised his son to read the classics.) But I did not apply them after reading to the farther use that his Lordship hints at.? |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1760 and 31 Dec 1767 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | night | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Taunton | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | James Lackington |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 11 Sep 1746 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Journeyman shoemaker (apprentice) |
| Religion: | Wesleyan |
| 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: | Wesley |
| Title: | Tracts and Sermons |
| Genre: | Sermon, Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) procured from various sources? |
| Record ID: | 8589 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Lackington | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1791 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 49 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington (London, 1791), p. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8589, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Winter time, struggling to read with what is left of a candle or no candle light. |
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