Record Number: 23149

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I had an Uncle Cornelius Ford my Mother's Brother continued he [Johnson] who on a Journey stopt to read an Inscription on a Stone he saw - which was set up as he then found in honour of a Man who had leaped a certain Leap thereabouts, the extent of wch was specified on the inscription - why says my Uncle I can leap it in my Boots - & he did accordingly leap it in his Boots.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 17 Apr 1779

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Cornelius Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

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:

actually Johnson's grandfather or cousin, NOT his uncle

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[an inscription]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23149

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

380

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 380, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23149, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

an inscription