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Record Number: 19572


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have received Mr Roger's poem of which I was happy to hear an admirable Character at Bath & in Company where nothing would be said without due Consideration: some Passages were particularly admired.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 25 Mar 1819

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Bath

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:

Reading Group:

friends of Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Samuel Rogers

Title:

Human Life, A Poem

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19572

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

264-5

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe (Oxford, 1985), p. 264-5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19572, accessed: 18 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Assistant editor Rhonda Blair. Letter to John Murray

   
   
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