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Record 9977

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'The natural theology of Dr. Paley is so generally recommended and read in this University, that I need not here insist either on the scope or the utility of the argument so powerfully and at te sane time so beautifullyenforced in that work.' [p.1] [The lecture also contains various other summaries, comments and references to paley's work.]
Century: 1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1802 and 31 Dec 1824
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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 Kidd
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1775
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Prof. of medicine at Oxford
Religion: Anglican
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: William Paley
Title: Natural Theology
Genre: Other religious, Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 9977  
Source - Print  
  Author: John Kidd
  Editor: n/a
  Title: An introductory Lecture to a course in Comparative Anatomy, illustrative of Paley's Natural Theology.
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1824
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 1, 2-3, 13, 41
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: John Kidd, An introductory Lecture to a course in Comparative Anatomy, illustrative of Paley's Natural Theology. (Oxford, 1824), p. 1, 2-3, 13, 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9977, accessed: 20 April 2024

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