Record Number: 20082
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mr [italics] Woolaston's [end italics] Religion of Nature Delineated, shews us powerfully, how much a Lye offends the Creator; as I am tax'd with numerous Quotations, which are tedious (as soom of my Readers tell me) I shall not borrow one from him, but refer the Learned to his inimitable Work; though I am persuaded, no Person who has not a clear Head, can taste his Beauties'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 29 Jul 1750
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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:Female
Date of Birth:1708
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:clergyman's wife, divorced; poet
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:Ireland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Religion of Nature Delineated, The
Genre:Other religious, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20082
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:319
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 319, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20082, accessed: 26 September 2024
Additional Comments:
date of birth 1708 or 1709