Record Number: 5356

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read Armata, said to be Lord Erskine's, very unworthy of his name 'tho his politics are displayed which are pretty nearly my opinions and I should therefore be more inclined to judge favourably. The allegory [...] is not well kept up, but degennerates into matter of fact [...]'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

23 Aug 1818

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: home

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:

Benjamin Newton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1762

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Rector and J.P

Religion:

Church of England

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:

[Erskine or T.E.]

Title:

Armata, a Fragment

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5356

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Newton

Editor:

C.P. Fendall

Title:

The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Date of Publication:

1933

Vol:

n/a

Page:

214-215

Additional Comments:

and ed. E.A.Crutchley

Citation:

Benjamin Newton, C.P. Fendall (ed.), The Dairy of Benjamin Newton, Rector of Wath, 1816-1819 (Cambridge, 1933), p. 214-215, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5356, accessed: 02 October 2023

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Additional Comments:

None