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Record 5063

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'One unfortunate who had confounded together the opening paragraphs of the Evidences and the Natural Theology... [wrote as his exam answer] only this commencement of a sentence, 'If twelve men find a watch."'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1842 and 31 Dec 1845
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Cambridge
   
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: anon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Student at Cambridge University
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Paley
Title: Natural Theology
Genre: Other religious, Science
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5063  
Source - Print  
  Author: C. A. Bristed
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Five Years in an English university
  Place of Publication: New York
  Date of Publication: 1852
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 183-184
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: C. A. Bristed, Five Years in an English university (New York, 1852), p. 183-184, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5063, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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