Record Number: 7736
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Above a month ago, I found Raynal's history of the E. and W. Indies, in a farmer's house of this neighbourhood. It were long to tell you fully my opinion of the work, which (according to Gibbon) the author, by a happy audacity, names philosophical as well as political... Opposite the title-page, beneath the picture of a sullen, thoughtful countenance, Sterne's Eliza Draper has written: William Thomas Raynal, defender of truth, humanity and liberty. An enlightened admirer of those sacred qualities...'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jul 1819 and 25 Aug 1819
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:Unknown
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:Inscription to Raynal's 'History of the E. and W. Indies'
Genre:Commendation of the book's author
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published 1770
ProvenanceFound
Source Information:
Record ID:7736
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:194
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. 194, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7736, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to John Ferguson dated 29th August 1819, written at Mainhill. Pages 192 - 196 in this edition. Dates of reading experience are an estimate based on Carlyle's reference to having found it 'above a month ago'. Details of publication given in editor's notes.
