Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him to take his History of England to School; but he blushed and said he could not read well enough - I tried him and find he can ... ' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 May 1812 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Wordsworth |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1803 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | child |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Dorothy Wordsworth, aunt of John. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | History of England |
Genre: | History |
Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 1492 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 12 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years 1806-1811 (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 12, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1492, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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