| Evidence: | ?As during my confinement I amused myself with light reading, I now for the 1st time read the "Spiritual Quixote" (w?th which I was much entertain?d) & other books of the kind, which I got from the circulating library.? |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Nov 1779 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Salisbury location in dwelling: at home |
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| Reader: | John Marsh |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 31 May 1752 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Musian / composer / gentleman |
| 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: | Richard Graves |
| Title: | The spiritual Quixote: or the summer's ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published 1773 |
| Provenance: | Borrowed (circulating library) |
| Record ID: | 7822 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Marsh | |
| Editor: | Brian Robins | |
| Title: | The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828) | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 208 | |
| Additional comments: |
| Citation: | John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828) (New York, 1998), p. 208, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7822, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
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