Record Number: 23147
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have this Moment put into my Hand a Poem concerning the Geranium Flower; tis not very long, and tis I think exceedingly Ingenious: but so obscene I will not pollute my Book with it. Though nobody sees the Thraliana but myself, I can not bear that our Father who seeth in Secret & is of purer Eyes than to behold uncleanness, should know my beastly privacies - though strongly tempted therefore to copy or get it by heart I have done neither, but returned it to Mrs Byron who lent it me - without any Comment. I cannot think of the Man's Name who wrote it but tis mightly clever in its way [italics] that it is [end italics].'
Century:1700-1799
Date:24 Mar 1779
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: Streatham Park
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:27 Jan 1741
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[a poem on a Geranium]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
borrowed from Mrs Byron
Source Information:
Record ID:23147
Source:Hester Lynch Thrale
Editor:Katharine C. Balderston
Title:Thraliana
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:I
Page:375
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 375, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23147, accessed: 24 September 2023
Additional Comments:
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