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Record Number: 3571


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Letter from Barbauld to her neice, Lucy Aikin, dated 27/7/1805. "What is your opinion of [begin underline] causation [end underline]? Do you agree with Dugald Stewart, Hume, and Mr. Leslie, because if you do, I think you may as well throw Paley's last work into the fire."

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

27 Jul 1802

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:

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1744

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author, former schoolteacher

Religion:

Unitarian

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:

Natural Theology

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3571

Source:

Print

Author:

Anna Letitia Le Breton

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including letters and notices of her family and friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1874

Vol:

n/a

Page:

111

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Anna Letitia Le Breton, Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including letters and notices of her family and friends (London, 1874), p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3571, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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