Record Number: 8841
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and very little argument [...] The famous Irish pamphlet in favor of the Union, called, "Cease your Funning", which after much trouble I got to read, disappointed me; it is sharp and well-kept-up irony from beginning to end, on a pamphlet on the other side, by the Ld Lieut.'s secretary; but it is not very entertaining, and not at all instructive.'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1 Jan 1799 and 3 Feb 1799
Country:England
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Type of Experience(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:16 Mar 1763
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
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:Cease your Funning
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Pamphlet
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Source Information:
Record ID:8841
Source:n/a
Editor:Lady Theresa Lewis
Title:Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1865
Vol:2
Page:84
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852, (London, 1865), 2, p. 84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8841, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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