| Evidence: | 'In 1823 I read in Scott?s novel of ?Quentin Durward? the prophetic words of Martivalle, ?Can I look forward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding generation, on whom knowledge shall descend like the first and second rain, uninterrupted, unabated, unbounded.? The Printing Press had produced the first rain; the Printing Machine was the ?little cloud no bigger than a man?s hand? which promised the second rain.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1823 and 31 Dec 1823 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Charles Knight |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Mar 1791 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | journalist |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sir Walter Scott |
| Title: | Quentin Durward |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 10135 | |
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| Author: | Charles Knight | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Passages of a Working life during half a century with a prelude of Early Reminiscences | |
| Place of Publication: | Ireland | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 162-163 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Charles Knight, Passages of a Working life during half a century with a prelude of Early Reminiscences (Ireland, 1971), 1, p. 162-163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10135, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
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