Record Number: 16363

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 28 July 1835: 'I have been reading [...] Lord Brougham's Natural Theology, -- and have shaken my head over it [...] It seems to me to have its most valuable parts in its notes, -- in the observations there upon Hume's philosophy.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Jul 1835 and 28 Jul 1835

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Sidmouth
county: Devonshire

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

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 Peter Brougham, Lord Brougham

Title:

A Discourse upon Natural Theology

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1835

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16363

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

3

Page:

141

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, 1985), 3, p. 141, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16363, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None