Record Number: 6206
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
" ... the crypto-Jacobite virtuoso John Byrom used laudanum to treat his sister, Ellen, after noting that she had been 'disturbed' by reading Clarendon. The treatment proved unsuccessful, and Ellen died."
Century:1600-1699, 1700-1799
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Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Female
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:6206
Source:Adrian Johns
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Title:The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
Place of Publication:Chicago
Date of Publication:1998
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Page:383
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 383, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6206, accessed: 27 September 2024
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