Record Number: 14048
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter to Mrs F----R. May 9 1800?? I declare, had I my pilgrimage to begin anew through the wilderness, I would not give my share of the endearing charities of life, my bustles and struggles to procure ease and comfort to those I love, my faithful friendships, and, ?My humble toils and destiny obscure? for all that wealth and fashion can bestow.? [slight misquotation of Gray's "Elegy written in a country churchyard"]
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1755 and 31 May 1800
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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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:Female
Date of Birth:1755
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Wife/widow of Church of Scotland mnister then author
Religion:Church of Scotland
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Elegy written in a country churchyard
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14048
Source:Anne Grant
Editor:n/a
Title:Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1807
Vol:3
Page:85
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), 3, p. 85, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14048, accessed: 24 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Date range given as birth to date of letter; title and author from external source.
