| Evidence: | 'I have got old Ascham, and read a little of him, when I have done work, every evening.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 13 Aug 1829 and 13 Nov 1829 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Dumfries specific address: Craigenputtoch |
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| 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: | Roger Ascham |
| Title: | ?'Toxophilus' and 'The Scholemaster' |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | Sixteenth century |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28586 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C. R. Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 5, p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28586, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from TC to Anna D B Montagu, dated 13th November 1829, written at Craigenputtoch, Dumfries. Pages 32-34 in this edition. Date range is an estimate. Titles of book given in Editor's notes as examples of Ascham's work but doesn't specify if these are the works to which Carlyle actually refers here. |
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