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Record Number: 16217


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 May 1829: 'I never learnt anything about the rule [...] of the Greek Article, -- except what I learnt from [italics]you[end italics]: first, from your notes to the Agamemnon, & Select passages; & secondly, & more fully & clearly, from your essays in Dr Clarkes commentary.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Evangelical

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:

Hugh Stuart Boyd

Title:

'Essay on the Greek Article'

Genre:

Bible, Classics, Essays / Criticism, Philology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible, With a Commentary and Critical Notes (1810-1826)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16217

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

2

Page:

187

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1984), 2, p. 187, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16217, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Source eds note that Boyd's comments accompanied Ephesians 6, with others also forming part of notes to Titus 3, Hebrews 1, and Colossians in Clarke's Bible (see p.190 n.14 in source).

   
   
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