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Record 7468

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'The serious thoughts to which my illness gave rise were much strengthened by my reading at the time several of Dr Watt's "Lyric Poems" which then came first into my hands.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 1 Jan 1807 and 31 Dec 1808
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: location in dwelling: at home while ill
   
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 Carter
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 5 Jul 1792
Socio-economic group: Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation: Apprentice tailor
Religion: n/a
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: Isaac Watts
Title: Horae Lyricae, Poems Chiefly of the Lyric Kind
Genre: Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: volume containing these belonged to the edition of British poets published by bookseller Mr Cooke
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7468  
Source - Print  
  Author: Thomas Carter
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Memoirs of a Working Man
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1845
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 97
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7468, accessed: 18 April 2024

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