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Record Number: 10797


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was deeply engag'd in Homer & Burgesdicius, otherwise should have answer'd it [letter from John Potter] sooner. I hope you don't think I preferr'd the old musty Greek, or the trifling Logician to a correspondence with a valuable friend: no; twas neccesity not choice that restrained my pen.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

15 Apr 1739

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge

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:

Richard Hurd

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Jan 1720

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Scholarship at Emmanuel College Cambridge 1738 -41, beginning MA.

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Francis Burgerdiscius [Burgersdijk]

Title:

Institutionum Logicarum

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

10797

Source:

Print

Author:

Richard Hurd

Editor:

Sarah Brewer

Title:

The Early Letters of Bishop Richard Hurd, 1739-1762

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge

Date of Publication:

1995

Vol:

n/a

Page:

1

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Richard Hurd, Sarah Brewer (ed.), The Early Letters of Bishop Richard Hurd, 1739-1762 (Woodbridge, 1995), p. 1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10797, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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