Record Number: 12278
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As long as your last [letter] was, I read it over thrice in less then an hower, though to say truth I skipt some on't the last time, I could not read my owne confession soe offten. Love is a Terrible word, and I should blush to death if any thing but a letter accused mee on't . . .'
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1 Sep 1653 and 30 Sep 1653
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Bedfordshire
specific address: Chicksands Priory
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1627
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letter]
Genre:private letter
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12278
Source:Dorothy Osborne
Editor:Kenneth Parker
Title:Letters to Sir William Temple
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1987
Vol:n/a
Page:124
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dorothy Osborne, Kenneth Parker (ed.), Letters to Sir William Temple, (London, 1987), p. 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12278, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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