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Record Number: 17013


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 August 1842: 'Romilly's memoirs have interest [...] Not that I am an enthusiast about [italics]him[end italics] [...] it is wonderful & chilling to me, his unconsciousness, -- apparent at least & unbroken to the observation, by voice or sign, throughout these memoirs, -- of the Spiritual Realities beyond his humanity. Is it not so? I think it was my impression.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1840 and 30 Aug 1842

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:

Adult (18-100+)

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:

Samuel Romilly

Title:

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Written by Himself

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Politics, Law

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1840

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

17013

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1988

Vol:

6

Page:

63

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1988), 6, p. 63, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=17013, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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