Record Number: 13387
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I left Ecclefechan on the evening of Tuesday the 19th Decr on the top of the Glasgow Mail. Little occurred worthy of notice, till on my arrival in Moffatt, I discovered among my fellow travellers, along with three Lancashire cotton men, a pure species of popinjay - of whom all I can now say, is that he was much shocked at seeing [no] "roasbeef fo suppa" and expressed his grief and surprise by several nondescript interjections; that he was unable to determine whether the fowl on the table was a tame duck or wild, and thereupon "did patiently incline" to the reasonings of an ancient Scottish gourmand who at length succeeded in settling his mind upon this important subject; and that upon my inquiriing after the news of the paper which he was reading, he informed me that the Aachodoocs had returned to England, and that (this he preluded by three nods of satisfaction) the Prince Regent was gone to Brighton.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Dec 1815
Country:Scotland
Timeevening
Place:city: Moffatt
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:unknown
Religion:Unknown prob Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Travellers (on request), including Thomas Carlyle
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[newspaper]
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13387
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:n/a
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:69
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, (Durham, 1970), 1, p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13387, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None