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Record 5076

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
I just peeped into Cobbett last night but had not time to read much I looked over the Dialogue between the King and the seven sages... It is a curious concern is this same Dialogue and managed with a good deal of humour...
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 24 Apr 1827
Country: England
Time: night: 'night'
Place: location in dwelling: at home
   
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:Robert Sharp
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 22 Sep 1773
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: schoolteacher/parish official
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
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 Cobbett
Title: The Political Register
Genre: Politics
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: 62 No IV
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5076  
Source - Print  
  Author: Robert Sharp
  Editor: J. E. Crowther
  Title: The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1997
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 127-128
  Additional comments: co-editor P.A. Crowther

Citation: Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave (Oxford, 1997), p. 127-128, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5076, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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