Record Number: 33856
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Diary entry. September 19th, 1831: "He showed me his Benedictine edition of Gregory. It is in high preservation, & very beautiful. I will get one like it, whenever I have next the use of Fortunatus’s purse –or any purse, heavy enough. He allowed me to read a part of the Apologetic, out of it ; a high privilege, granted on solemnly enforced conditions of not leaning my arm on any part of page. I liked & admired much of what I read. I do like & admire Gregory’s prose!! -& I enjoy reading a beautiful style so much the more, when I can read it with one who enjoys it too –when I read it with Mr. Boyd".
Century:1800-1849
Date:19 Sep 1831
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End
(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:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Apologeticus
Genre:Other religious, Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsGregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:33856
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson
Title:Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Place of Publication:Athens, OH
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
Diary entry. September 19th, 1831
Citation:
Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), Diary of E.B.B.: The Unpublished Diary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (Athens, OH, 1969), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33856, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Editors' notes: - Subsequently given to EBB, it [this edition of Gregory] appeard as Lot 717 in the 1913 Browing Sale (Sancti Patris Nostri Gregorii… Nazianzeni… Opera Omnia, Quae Extant… vol. I, Parisiis, 1778). - Fortunatus possessed an inexhaustible purse and a wishing cap; both he and his osns were eventually ruined by these magic gifts (RE). - τούτοις ἐγὼ σύνειμι: “with these [thoughts] I am occupied. A marginal note by EBB in WG, p. 30, records: “I read from this place with Mr. Boyd. Sept. 19th 1831” and indicates that the reading continued to the foot of p. 32 (112 lines). Another note in WG, at the commencement of the “Apologeticus”, records this as being “a very fine passage”. BOOK DETAILS: A1091] Gregory Nazianzen, Saint. Opera Omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferunter. Vol. 1. Parisiis, 1778. § Inscribed by HSB on fly-leaf: H. S. Boyd. May 26th. 1804. Boyd’s later autograph also appears, above which is written: This Book to be given to my very dear Friend Elizabeth Barrett Barrett. § Browning Collections, lot 717, purchased by Tregaskis. [ABL]