Evidence: | 'For my private and sole use, seeing that my friends had no taste for poetry, I bought Mr. Pye's translation of Horace, and was well pleased with my purchase; for I found the old "Roman poet" to be a very lively and shrewd companion. I also ventured to spend a guinea in the purchase of "Kirke White's Remains": a large sum for one like myself to spend at one time in buying books; yet I had good reason to be satisfied; for the work was useful to me in the way of strengthening and confirming my habits of reading and observation.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1815 and 31 Dec 1815 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Seven Dials location in dwelling: probably at his lodgings |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Carter |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 5 Jul 1792 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Journeyman 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 |
Author: | Henry Kirk White |
Title: | Remains |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 7653 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Carter | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of a Working Man | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1845 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 188 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a Working Man (London, 1845), p. 188, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7653, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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