Record Number: 22521

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Doctor Burney said prettily of James Harris's Book that it was the pourquoi de Pourquoi'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 28 May 1777

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Charles Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Apr 1726

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

music historian

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Harris

Title:

Philosophical Arrangements

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22521

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

35

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana, (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22521, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None