Record Number: 13525
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[italics]'S. Livy p.532 - Cumis, (adeo minimis etiam rebum prava religio inserit Deos) mures in aede Jovis aurum rosisse 556. 2 vol. Maie says that if we had met the Emperor Julian in private life he would have appeared a very ordinary man The fables of Aesop in Greek. - Boethius consolation of philosophy - how in the reign of Theodoric [underlined] a Christian? [end underlining] gr - Lord Bacon's works - Gibbon likes Boethius - [end italics] Mary reads Gibbon (100).' [italic text is by PBS, non-italic by MG]
Century:1800-1849
Date:16 Feb 1815
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Aug 1792
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of Rome
Genre:Classics, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13525
Source:n/a
Editor:Paula R. Feldman
Title:The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:I
Page:65
Additional Comments:
Additional editor: Diana Scott-Kilvert
Citation:
Paula R. Feldman (ed.), The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844 (Oxford, 1987), I, p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13525, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Latin quotation is from Livy xxvii.xxxi. 2 and means 'At Cumae (so small are the hapenings in which a debased supersition sees the hand of the Gods), mice gnawed at the gold in the temple of Jupiter'.
