Record Number: 12753
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Several newspapers have come to hand; also "Blackwood's Magazine" for October. "Blackwood" has a long article on Irish affairs, which pleases me much; for they say it is now clear the British Constitution, with its trial-by-jury and other respectable institutions, is no way suited to Ireland; that even the Whigs have foundout this truth at last; that they, the "Blackwood's" men, always said so; and who will contradict them now? - that Ireland is to be kept in order simply by bayonets; and when the vile Celts are sufficiently educated and improved, they may then perhaps aspire to be admitted to the pure blessings of, etc, etc.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:4 Dec 1848
Country:Bermuda
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board "Dromedary Hulk", at Bermuda
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:Male
Date of Birth:3 Nov 1815
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason
Religion:Presbyterian family
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Bermuda
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsOctober 1848
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12753
Source:John Mitchel
Editor:n/a
Title:Jail Journal
Place of Publication:Dublin
Date of Publication:1913
Vol:n/a
Page:110-111
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Mitchel, Jail Journal, (Dublin, 1913), p. 110-111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12753, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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