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Record 12908

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I also received great benefits from reading Coventry's Philemon to Hydaspes; it consists of dialogues on false religion, extravagant devotion, etc. in which are many very curious remarks on visionaries of various ages and sects. This work is complete in five parts octavo. There has also been a decent Scotch edition, published in twelves, both editions are now rather scarce.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: unknown
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:James Lackington
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 31 Aug 1746
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
bookseller
Occupation: bookseller
Religion: lapsed Methodist
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Henry Coventry
Title: Philemon to Hydaspes: or the history of false religion in the earlier pagan world related in a series of coversations
Genre: Other religious, Classics, History
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Octavo, five parts
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12908  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Lackington
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington
  Place of Publication: London, Temple of the Muses
  Date of Publication: 1794
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 263
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Lackington, Memoirs of the Forty Five First Years of The Life James Lackington (London, Temple of the Muses, 1794), p. 263, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12908, accessed: 28 March 2024

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