Record Number: 21006
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I also sent for Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to T. Paine; Bishop Porteus's Compendium of the Evidences of Christianity, Butler's Divine Analogy, Paley's Evidences of Christianity, Pilgrim's Good Intent, Pascal's Thoughts, Addison's Evidences of Christianity, Conibeare on Revealed Religion, Madam de Genlis's Religion the only Basis of Happiness and sound Philosophy, with Observations on pretended modern Philosophers, 2 vols. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of Christianity, and several others of the same tendency. Those excellent defences of revealed religion I read through, during which I had many struggles . . . '
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Alveston
county: Gloucestershire
(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: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
perhaps wife
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Analogy of Religion
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21006
Source:James Lackington
Editor:n/a
Title:The Confessions of J. Lackington
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1804
Vol:n/a
Page:52
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Lackington, The Confessions of J. Lackington, (London, 1804), p. 52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21006, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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