| Evidence: | Mary Berry, in reflections on reading (1798): 'When I read "Paradise Lost," I am no more able to conceive the powers of imagination and genius exerted by Milton in the composition of that poem, than I am able to conceive the intellect of Sir Isaac Newton in the demonstration of the phenomena of the universe. Both seem to me beings more exalted above myself in the scale of intellectual perfection, than I am above the brute creation.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 16 Mar 1763 and 31 Dec 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Berry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Mar 1763 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | Paradise Lost |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8838 | |
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| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 80 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 80, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8838, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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