Record Number: 16624

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My dear Miss Mitford, Your good and kind father has just given Nancy a copy of a little volume of poems, in which I find the verses on Maria's winning the cup at Ilsley inscribed to me, and for which honour I beg you to accept of my best thanks; an honour which I value the more because these verses are in company with those elegant and truly pathetic strains, addressed to your dear mother; which, unlike most other poetical effusions of praise, contain nothing but what is founded in truth.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 18 Mar 1810

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Cobbett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

9 Mar 1763

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

author and smallholder

Religion:

Christian

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:

Mary Russell Mitford

Title:

Miscellaneous Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

16624

Source:

Print

Author:

A.G. L'Estrange

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1882

Vol:

1

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

Letter from William Cobbett to Miss Mitford, from London, March 18, 1810.

Citation:

A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford, (London, 1882), 1, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16624, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None