Record Number: 16625
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My dear sir [...] Your daughter's very amiable and interesting book is quite a refreshment to my spirit, wearied on the one hand by labour and on the other by pain; for it would be in vain to tell you how I have occupied my mind on the before-mentioned theme, and this was the very volume to lead me sweetly and softly from myself to many charming scenes, conducted by the hand of virtue and genius. Where all are amiable, it is hard to select, but the poem addressed to yourself (page 70), and that part of the "Epistle to a Friend" which contains the subject beginning with the line, "How true the wish, how pure the glow," to the end of the passage, went nearest to my affections.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 2 Oct 1810
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:Christian
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:Miscellaneous Poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16625
Source:A.G. L'Estrange
Editor:n/a
Title:The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1882
Vol:1
Page:52
Additional Comments:
Letter from S.J. Pratt to Dr Mitford. 10 Tottenham Court New Road, October 2, 1810.
Citation:
A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16625, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
