Evidence: | 'We supp'd at the Dean's, and I had been reading out, by his Command, some of his prosaic Work; he was pleased to say I acquitted myself so well, that I should have a Glass of his best Wine, and sent Mr [italics] Pilkington [end italics] to the Cellar for it'. |
||||||||||
Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 1 Jan 1734 | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: after supper | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Dublin specific address: Deanery House |
||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
Reader: | Laetitia Pilkington |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1708 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | clergyman's wife |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Matthew Pilkington and Swift |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Jonathan Swift |
Title: | [prose works] |
Genre: | Fiction, Essays / Criticism, History, Politics |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 19856 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Laetitia Pilkington | |
Editor: | A.C. Elias | |
Title: | Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington | |
Place of Publication: | Athens GA | |
Date of Publication: | 1997 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 48 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19856, accessed: 23 September 2023 |
Date of birth 1708 or 1709 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)