| Evidence: | 'I had also to go this morning and read some old black-letter poems in the Advocates' Library: and the stomach, like a true British subject, is rebelling not a little against all these infringements of its rights and privileges.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 12 Jan 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh specific address: Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh |
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | ["black-letter poems"] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 12715 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | CR Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 3 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, CR Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12715, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from Carlyle to his Father, dated 12th January 1821 (corrected to 1822 by editor). Pages 3-5 in this edition. |
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