| Evidence: | 'After breakfast, when the sun burned too fiercely on deck, went below, threw off coat and waistcoat for coolness, and began to read Macaulay's essay on Bacon - "the great English teacher", as the reviewer calls him. And to do the reviewer justice, he understands Bacon, knows what Bacon did, and what he did not; and therefore sets small store by that illustrious Chimera's new "method" of investigating truth...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 18 Jun 1848 | ||||||||||
| Country: | at sea, Atlantic Ocean, between Cork and Bermuda | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning: after breakfast | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: on board ship "Scourge", man of war | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | John Mitchel |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1815 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason |
| Religion: | Presbyterian family |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | at sea, Atlantic Ocean, between Cork and Bermuda |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Title: | Essays [on Bacon] |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (private library) officers' library aboard a 'man of war' |
| Record ID: | 12727 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Mitchel | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Jail Journal | |
| Place of Publication: | Dublin | |
| Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 25 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 25, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12727, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
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