Record Number: 7332
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am rather afraid that I have not been quite regular in reading that best of books which you recommended to me. However last night I was reading upon my favourite Job; and I hope to do better in time to come. I entreat you to believe that I am sincerely desirous of being a good man; and tho' we may differ in some few unimportant particulars: yet I firmly trust that the same Power who created us with imperfect faculties, will pardon the errors of every one (and none are without them) who seeks truth and righteousness, with a simple heart.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:28 Mar 1819
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Book of Job
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: BookManuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7332
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letter of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:174
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letter of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 174, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7332, accessed: 23 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to Margaret Carlyle (mother)dated 29th March 1819, written at Edinburgh. Pages 173 - 175 in this edition.
