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Record Number: 19923


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[bailiffs burst into her room to take her to the Marshalsea; one of them] 'who had employed himself in looking over my Papers, cried, "Ay the [italics] Irish [end italics] Whore, here is something about some [italics] Roman [end italics] Father, that's the Pope, and be damn'd to you is it?'''

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 31 Dec 1742

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London

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:

a bailiff

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

bailiff

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:

Laetitia Pilkington

Title:

Roman Father, The

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read in L. Pilkington's lodgings


Source Information:

Record ID:

19923

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

202

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 202, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19923, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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