| Evidence: | 'No sooner did the Doctor percieve [sic] that I knew [italics] Mark Anthony [end italics] from [italics] Julius Caesar [end italics], and [italics] Brutus [end italics] from both, but he related a great Part of [italics] Roman[end italics] History to me, even from the first [italics] Punic [end italics] War to the Death of [italics] Julius [end italics].
My Readers may venture to believe it was not new to me, who had from my Childhood been, if I may use the Word, a perfect Devourer of Books; and I found them both sweet to the Palate, and nourishing Food to the Mind.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1740 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England or Ireland | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Laetitia Pilkington |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1708 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | clergyman's wife, divorced; poet |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | England or Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [unknown] |
| Title: | [books on Roman History] |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Pamphlet |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19913 | |
| 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: | 173 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 173, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19913, accessed: 03 October 2023 | |
| Date of birth 1708 or 1709 |
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