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Record 5168

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Recd 2 papers from WM yesterday morning, the Examiner not come to hand all this week... I see Taylor, the orator, Philosopher and Fool has been obliged to find Bail for his good behaviour, on account of some of the nonsense he has been trying to promulgate...'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 25 Feb 1827
Country: England
Time: morning: morning
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/ parishofficial
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: n/a
Title: [a newspaper, probably The Times]
Genre: Politics
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5168  
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: 110
  Additional comments: and ed P A Crowther

Citation: Robert Sharp, J. E. Crowther (ed.), The Diary of Robert Sharp of South Cave (Oxford, 1997), p. 110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5168, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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