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Record Number: 21265


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The first entire work that I read in defence of revealed religion, was Archdeacon Paley's View of the Evidences of Christianity. This very excellent work I perhaps never should have read, had I not met with a pirated edition of it, (the whole being printed in one volume duodecimo, on decent paper) which I bought bound, for three and sixpence.'

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:

James Lackington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Aug 1746

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

retired bookseller

Religion:

Methodist

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:

William Paley

Title:

View of the Evidences of Christianity

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

pirated edition in one duodecimo volume on decent paper

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

21265

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Confessions of J Lackington

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

n/a

Page:

131

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, The Confessions of J Lackington (London, 1804), p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21265, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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