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Record 6122

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'This day made an end of instructing Miss Day. Read part of "The Spectator"; prodigiously admire the beauties pointed out in the eighth book of Milton's "Paradise Lost" by "The Spectator's" criticism wherein is beautifully expressed Adam's conference with the Almighty, and likewise his distress on losing sight of the phantom in his dream, and his joy in finding it a real creature when awake.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: 26 Jun 1754
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
   
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:Thomas Turner
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 9 Jun 1729
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: shopkeeper
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:
Title: The Spectator
Genre: Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6122  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Turner
  Editor: David Vaisey
  Title: The Diary of Thomas Turner
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1984
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 3
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner (Oxford, 1984), p. 3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6122, accessed: 20 April 2024

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