Record Number: 4239

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'27/1/1833 - In the evening read some pages of S. Crisp's "Sermons" - admirable! Read Newton's "Cardiphonia" and in the Acts; an edifying evening, still to bed discouraged, though much enabled to pray during day.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

27 Jan 1833

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Penzance

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:

Amelia Opie

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

12 Nov 1769

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Father was a physician

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Presbyterian/ Quaker 1825 onwards

Country of Origin:

England

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:

John Newton

Title:

Cardiphonia

Genre:

Hymn

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1780

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4239

Source:

Print

Author:

Cecilia Lucy Brightell

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie

Place of Publication:

Norwich

Date of Publication:

1854

Vol:

n/a

Page:

294

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Cecilia Lucy Brightell, Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie (Norwich, 1854), p. 294, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4239, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None