| Evidence: | William Wordsworth describes his eldest son's slowness in reading to his brother Christopher Wordsworth, 1 January 1819: ' ... he is so long in finding his words in his dictionary ... ' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1818 and 1 Jan 1819 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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 of poet |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | |
| Title: | dictionary |
| Genre: | Reference / General works |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1653 | |
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| Author: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth | |
| Editor: | Ernest De Selincourt | |
| Title: | The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (1812-1820) | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 514 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt (ed.), The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middle Years (1812-1820) (Oxford, 1970), 2, p. 514, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1653, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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