| Evidence: | 'I used to study by myself, for I knew that I was wofully ignorant. Such books as Russell's "History of Modern Europe" and Robertson's "Charles the Fifth", I read, and also Watts on the "Improvement of the Mind", and I plodded through an Italian history of the Venetian Doges, lent me by an intimate and valued friend of my father, Mr Turnbull'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1831 and 31 Dec 1835 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Newport county: Isle of Wight |
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Title: | Improvement of the Mind, The |
| Genre: | Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17193 | |
| 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: | 42 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Missing Sewell, Eleanor L. Sewell (ed.), The Autobiography of Elizabeth M. Sewell (London, 1907), p. 42, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17193, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
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