Evidence: | William Blake, on margin of his copy of Johann Lavater, Aphorisms: "'I hop no one will call what I have written cavilling ... For I write from the warmth of my heart, & cannot resist the impulse I fell to rectify what I think false in a book I love so much, & aprove so generally.'" |
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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Reader: | William Blake |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer / Illustrator |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Johann Lavater |
Title: | Aphorisms |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 5467 | |
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Author: | H. J. Jackson | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books | |
Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 82 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 82, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5467, accessed: 21 March 2023 |
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