Record Number: 10293

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... it is his son that is the Rev. Henry Harrington who published those very curious, entertaining & valuable remains of his Ancestor under the Title "Nugae Antiquae", which my Father & all of us were formerly so fond of.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1769 and 30 Apr 1780

Country:

England

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:

Frances Burney

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

13 Jun 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henry Harrington

Title:

Nugae Antiquae

Genre:

Poetry, editor's note: a volume of miscellaneous papers, in prose and verse, selected from his father's family papers...

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London 1769, 1775

Provenance

owned
in father's library

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Source Information:

Record ID:

10293

Source:

Print

Author:

Fanny Burney

Editor:

Betty Rizzo

Title:

The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

IV

Page:

89

Additional Comments:

Letter to Susanna Elizabeth Burney from Bath dated 30 April [1780]

Citation:

Fanny Burney, Betty Rizzo (ed.), The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, (London: Oxford University Press, 2003), IV, p. 89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=10293, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

editor's note: FB's father apparently owned the 2 vols. of 1769 and 1775 (CB's Lib, p. 23)