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Record 22832

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'A Gentleman - one Mr Martin a Surgeon - was reproving his Son for relating some Story of a Gentleman's Marriage which he had read in the Newspaper & quoted from Thence a little Mal a propos: the boy was but ten Years old'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 31 Dec 1777
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader: Martin
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: surgeon's son
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: son of Mr Martin, a surgeon

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: [newspaper]
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 22832  
Source - Print  
  Author: Hester Lynch Thrale
  Editor: Katharine C. Balderston
  Title: Thraliana
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1951
  Vol: I
  Page: 220
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 220, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22832, accessed: 24 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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