| Evidence: | One afternoon, very near the end, she begged to have "Crossing the Bar" read; and while the reader, painfully keeping her voice steady, repeated the last lines, the listener fell suddenly into a calm sleep." |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between May 1897 and 25 Jun 1897 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Annie Coghill |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Margaret Oliphant |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Crossing the Bar |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 580 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
| Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant | |
| Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 439 | |
| Additional comments: | Editorial commentary by Mrs Harry Coghill, Mrs Oliphant's cousin |
| Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Life and Letters of Mrs M.O.W. Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 439, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=580, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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