Record Number: 13327
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It occurred to me; much about the same time that it would be proper to study Stewart's Essays, Berkel[e]y's principes of knowledge, Rumfords Essays, Newton ['s] Institutes, Simpson's Fluxions &c &c - If to these overpowering engagements you add the numberless fits of indolence - and the perpetual visitations of spleen, to which one is subjected in this dirty little uncomfortable planet of ours - I presume you will have a sufficient excuse for my silence; and will rather wonder indeed that you have heard from me at all.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Aug 1815 and 30 Nov 1815
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Annandale (probably)
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:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Institutes
Genre:Science, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13327
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:n/a
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:61
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, (Durham, 1970), 1, p. 61, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=13327, accessed: 08 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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