| Evidence: | ?About this time I was delighted by the acquisition of two books, the existence of which, until then, had been unknown to me. One was the second volume of Homer?s "Iliad", translated by Alexander Pope, with notes by Madame Dacier; and the other was a small volume of miscellaneous poems, by John Milton. Homer I read with an absorbed attention which soon enabled me to commit nearly every line to memory.? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Manchester county: Lancashire |
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| Reader: | Samuel Bamford |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 28 Feb 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | warehouseman (hand loom weaver) |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Homer |
| Title: | Iliad |
| Genre: | Classics, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 2nd volume, translated by Alexander Pope, introduction by Madame Dacier |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7322 | |
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| Author: | Samuel Bamford | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Early Days | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1849 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 192-4 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Bamford, Early Days (London, 1849), p. 192-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7322, accessed: 30 November 2023 | |
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