Evidence: | 'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addison's "Cato" etc. This we were often called upon to do when we were invited to dine with Aunt Clarke'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 31 Dec 1835 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Newport county: Isle of Wight |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1815 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | later writer |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Aunt Lyddy |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Joseph Addison |
Title: | Spectator |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical, possibly bound as a book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 17160 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell | |
Editor: | Eleanor L. Sewell | |
Title: | The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1907 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 21 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17160, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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