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Record Number: 10975


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Have read, since I have been here, about 30 pages in the Bipont edition of "Thucydides", the part, the latter part of the second book, containing the funeral oration by Pericles [comments on text].'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

26 Apr 1808

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: Houghton House (he is a visitor)

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:

William Windham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 May 1750

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

government minister, 1806-1807

Religion:

n/a

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:

Thucydides

Title:

[Two orations]

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

Greek

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

10975

Source:

Print

Author:

William Windham

Editor:

Mrs Henry Baring

Title:

The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1866

Vol:

n/a

Page:

476

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Windham, Mrs Henry Baring (ed.), The Diary of the right Hon. William Windham (London, 1866), p. 476, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10975, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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