Record Number: 7529
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'You have to answer for the sin of keeping me almost two hours from "Planta's history of the Helvetic confederacy" - which is a small [/] sin it must be owned, the said Planta being (under favour) little better than a conceited dolt, and his "history" a Gazette in 1000 pages - of quarto letter-press- '
Century:1800-1849
Date:14 Apr 1819
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
specific address: 15 Carnegie Street
(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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:History of the Helvetic Confederacy
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published London, 1807, 2 vols
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:7529
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:177-8
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 177-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7529, accessed: 28 March 2023
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to Thomas Murray, dated 14th April 1819, written at 15 Carnegie St, Edinburgh. Pages 175 - 178 in this edition. Information about the work are given in the editor's notes.
