Record Number: 23654

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Mr Lysons] brought me these Old Verses one Day, I think they are to be found in a book called Paradise of dainty Devices - compiled in the Reign of Elizabethe' [the (unidentified) verses are given]

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 13 Jan 1784

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Hester Lynch Thrale

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[verses beginning 'Pass gentelle Thought to her whom I love best']

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
brought by Mr Lysons

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23654

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

586

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 586, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=23654, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The verses do not appear to be in this miscellany - editor's note.