Record Number: 6339
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the day read part of some "Monitors" lent me by Mr Calverley, but which paper the author endeavours to point out the only way to restore this nation to its former strength and dignity, which is by suppressing vice and immorality and encouraging virtue and merit.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:7 Dec 1757
Country:England
Timedaytime: 'this day'
Place:city: East Hoathly
county: Sussex
(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:9 Jun 1729
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:shopkeeper
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Monitor; or the British Freeholder
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1755-1763
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:6339
Source:Thomas Turner
Editor:David Vaisey
Title:The Diary of Thomas Turner
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:126
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Turner, David Vaisey (ed.), The Diary of Thomas Turner, (Oxford, 1984), p. 126, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6339, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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