Evidence: | ?Of him [lodger ? a Wesleyan minister] I had the loan of a work which I had indeed previously read; but of which I was not tired, nor I believe ever should be. This was the ?Journal? of that great and good man, the Rev. J. Wesley. I have long regarded it as being equal in interest to Mr Boswell?s ?Life of Dr Johnson? although its contents are, of course, very dissimilar. I also read many of his other works in the course of the two years during which our lodgers remained with us. I may just observe that Mr Wesley?s style of writing is eminently concise and clear; well adapted to the capacity of the uneducated reader.? |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1830 and 31 Dec 1830 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | location in dwelling: probably at home | ||||||||||
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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: | 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: | John Wesley |
Title: | Journal |
Genre: | Other religious, Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) from lodger |
Record ID: | 7696 | |
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: | 223 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Carter, Memoirs of a working man (London, 1845), p. 223, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7696, accessed: 28 November 2023 |
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