| Evidence: | 'I remember that I had to learn, with another schoolfellow (Nesbet), an act from Home's tragedy of Douglas, and a long passage from Campbell's Poems, entitled "The Wizard's Warning", and recite, or rather act the passages with as much eloquence and action as we could muster.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1818 and 1 Jan 1826 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Haddington other location: school |
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| Reader: | Samuel Smiles |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Dec 1812 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | son of paper maker |
| Religion: | Presbyterian |
| 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: | Campbell |
| Title: | The Wizard's Warning |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16562 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | Thomas Mackay | |
| Title: | The autobiography of Samuel Smiles | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 8 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, Thomas Mackay (ed.), The autobiography of Samuel Smiles (London, 1997), p. 8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16562, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
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