Record Number: 18294
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Talking of books, we have lately had a literary Sun shine forth upon us here, before whom our former luminaries must hide their diminished heads - a Mr Shelley, of University College, who lives upon arsenic, aqua-fortis, half-an-hour's sleep in the night, and is desperately in love with the memory of Margaret Nicholson. He hath published, what he terms, the Posthumous Poems, printed for the benefit of Mr Peter Finnerty; which, I am grieved to say, though stuffed full of treason, are extremely dull; but the author is a great genius, and, if he be not clapped up in Bedlam or hanged, will certainly prove one of the sweetest swans on the tuneful margin of the Charwell'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Until: 15 Mar 1811
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
specific address: Christ Church College
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(Listener):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1781
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:archaeologist / antiquarian
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book, Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18294
Source:Lady Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:I
Page:35
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), I, p. 35, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18294, accessed: 20 April 2024
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