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Record Number: 12186


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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Marginalia Many pencil sidelines in the Introduction. Donne, against l.52 "cf Good Friday" Herbert, The Collar "surrender to the will of God"; Aaron "old things are passed away"; Discipline "Consecration"; etc

Century:

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1932 and 31 Dec 1932

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Francis Robert Longworth-Dames

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1912

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

student at Cambridge

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Herbert J C Grierson

Title:

Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the seventeenth century

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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