| Evidence: | Sunday, 16 July 1826:
'Very unsatisfactory to-day. Sleepy, stupid, indolent -- finished arranging the books and after
that was totally useless -- unless it can be called study that I slumbrd for three or four hours
over a variorum edition of the Gill-Hill's tragedy. Admirable recipe for low spirits [comments
further on text]'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Jul 1826 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Abbotsford | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | 'The murder of [William] Weare by Thurtell and Co. at Gill's-Hill, in Hertfordshire' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26593 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 174 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 174, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26593, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
| Source ed. quotes J. Gibson Lockhart on Scott's enthusiastic collection of printed trials, which he had bound with any associated ballads and prints (see p.174 n.2); not clear which form of text on this murder (trial report, ballad, etc) being read here. |
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