Evidence: | 'Recd a parcel from William last night. I was at the time reading Boswell's Life of Johnson, but it was immediately laid down, for the entertainment I anticipated, from hearing how Cobbett stood...' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 12 Sep 1826 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: evening | ||||||||||
Place: | location in dwelling: at home | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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 |
Author: | James Boswell |
Title: | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
Genre: | Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 5111 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 64 | |
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. 64, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5111, accessed: 28 November 2023 |
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