Record Number: 27459
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Transcribed (not entirely accurately) in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710): Notes from a later edition of the grammar by Edward Leedes, headmaster of King Edward VI's School at Bury St Edmunds, originally published in 1676: extracts from the preface; seven 'Examples of Exercises preparatory to Themes' ('Of the Spring', 'Of The Summer', 'Of Autumn', 'Of Winter', 'Of Laziness', 'Of Drunkenness', and 'Of Covetousness'); two 'Examples of Themes according to the method usually prescribed' ('Trust, but know whom' and 'We all desire Peace'); three 'Examples of Themes in a more loose and free method' ('Fortune helps the daring', 'All things obey Money', and 'Rest doth much delight the wearied man'); three 'Examples of the Concords' (unheaded); and thirteen 'Examples in English, fitted to the Grammar Rules' (also unheaded).
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1710 and 31 Dec 1710
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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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Fellow of King's College. Cambridge
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:English Examples. To be Turned into Latin
Genre:Textbook / self-education
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPossibly in seventh edition of 1685
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:27459
Source:Manuscript
Author:Edward Pordage
Title:Reading Notes
Location:King's College, Cambridge
Call No:MS 840.5
Page/Folio:1-11
Citation:Edward Pordage, Reading Notes King's College, Cambridge, p. MS 840.5, p. 1-11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27459, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Page images from MS accessed at Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online, where they appear by permission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge.