Record Number: 11119

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Part of a description of his wife] very impatient of contradiction, Reproof She cannot Brook- Milton' [This is a misquotation of 'restraint she will not brook', Book IX, l.1184].

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1826 and 31 Dec 1826

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Preston
location in dwelling: home

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:

Benjamin Shaw

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Dec 1772

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Mechanic in Sleddons Mill, Preston, Lancashire

Religion:

Methodist

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:

John Milton

Title:

Paradise Lost

Genre:

Other religious, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11119

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Shaw

Editor:

A. G. Crosby

Title:

The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841

Place of Publication:

Stroud

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

n/a

Page:

78

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Benjamin Shaw, A. G. Crosby (ed.), The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw Mechanic ... 1772-1841, (Stroud, 1991), p. 78, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11119, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None