Evidence: | 'We all worked very hard, particularly Mr John Jones and me, in order to get money to purchase books; But what we wanted in judgement in choosing our library, we made up in application; and so anxious we were to read a great deal, that we allowed ourselves but about three hours sleep in twenty-four, and for some months together we never were all in bed at the same time, (Sunday nights excepted). But lest we should oversleep the time allowed, one of us sat up to work until the time appointed for the others to rise, and when we all were up, my friend John, and your humble servant, took it by turns to read aloud to the rest, while they were at their work.' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1769 and 31 Dec 1769 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Bristol other location: St Phillip's Plain |
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Reader: | James Lackington |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 11 Sep 1746 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Apprentice shoemaker |
Religion: | Wesleyan |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
John Jones, Richard Jones and sisters. Workmates. |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | unknown |
Title: | various |
Genre: | Sermon, Other religious, Classics, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned His and his friends' library |
Record ID: | 8598 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Lackington | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1791 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 91-3 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Lackington, Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington (London, 1791), p. 91-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8598, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Listed books they bought: Polhil on precious faith; Polhil on Decrees; Shepherd's sound believer; Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress; Bunyan's Good news for the vilest of sinners; Bunyan's Heavenly footman; his Grace abounding to the chief of sinners' Alleire's Sure guide to heaven; The Sincere convert; Watson's Heaven taken by storm; Heaven's vengeance; Wall's None but Christ; Aristotle's Masterpiece; Coles on God's Severeignty; Chanock on Providence; Young's Short and sure guide to Salvation; Wesley's Sermons, Journals Tracts etc and others of the same description.' |
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