Record Number: 22234
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have read these leaves of your thesis; and really I find them very far beyond my expectation, which had satisfied itself with ranking your Latin (I now discover) far too little above the usual Grinder Latin. Some of these sentences are quite good. The sense too so far as it extends in these few lines is clear and flowing; and I have no doubt, if the rest in any way correspond to it, your Essay will be very far above the average.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:24 Feb 1826
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Hoddam Hill
Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Thesis for medical degree "De Mentis Alientione" (On Diseases Of The Mind)
Genre:Medicine, Thesis
Form of Text:Manuscript: Degree thesis
Publication DetailsUnknown
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:22234
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:49
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 4, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22234, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from TC to John A. Carlyle dated 7 March 1826, written at Hoddam Hill (Carlyle family residence). Pages 49-51 in this edition.
