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Record Number: 16354


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 7 September 1833: 'Dr Clarke's doctrines are not always & altogether and strictly Scriptural; but on all essential doctrines, he is always & altogether & strictly spiritual, -- and the Lord Jesus KNEW [italics] that he loved Him[end italics]. I am just beginning to read the third volume of his Life.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1833 and 7 Sep 1833

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sidmouth

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:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

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:

Title:

An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

3 vols. Ed. J. B. B. Clarke, 1833

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16354

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

85

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 85, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16354, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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