Record Number: 8260
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Robert Story [...] read his first real book, Watts' "Divine Songs for Children", with "my heart burning and with secret rapture"'.
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
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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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Divine Songs for Children
Genre:Other religious, Poetry, Children's Lit
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8260
Source:David Vincent
Editor:n/a
Title:Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1981
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Page:135
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography (London, 1981), p. 135, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8260, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from Robert Story, 'Preface', The Poetical Works of Robert Story (London, 1857) pp.v-vi.