Record Number: 20954

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'If among the books of divinity that you are so kindly offered the use of, you can borrow any of the following, they will help to establish you in the belief of the truth of Divine Revelation:- Paley's Evidences of Christianity; Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to Thomas Paine; Bishop Porteus' Compendium of the Evidences of Christianity; Addison's Evidences of the Christian Religion; Madam Genlis' Religion the only Basis of Happiness and true Philosophy, in which the Principles of the modern pretended Philosophers are laid open and refuted, 2 vols. Butler's Divine Analogy; Bentley against Collins; Bentley's Sermons on the Folly of Atheism; Jenkins Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chrisian Religion, 2 vols. I have lately read the whole of these works with great satisfaction. If you are fond of real philosophy and astronomy, you will be highly pleased with Bentley's Sermons on the Folly of Atheism. Paley's is an extraordinary good work. Butler's Analogy is a very great work.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Alveston
county: Gloucestershire (?)

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Lackington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 Aug 1746

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Retired bookseller

Religion:

Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Bishop Butler

Title:

Divine Analogy

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20954

Source:

Print

Author:

James Lackington

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Confessions of J. Lackington, Late Bookseller at the Temple of the Muses

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1804

Vol:

n/a

Page:

35

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

James Lackington, The Confessions of J. Lackington, Late Bookseller at the Temple of the Muses, (London, 1804), p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20954, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None