Record Number: 18510
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Of the excellence of the devotions in the little volume you were so good as to send me, there cannot be two opinions, drawn, as they are in substance, from the pure wells of inspiration - those sacred scriptures in which we have eternal life. Those graces of style which a person of literary acquirements and refined taste can always command, are not essentially necessary to edification; yet we read it as a recommendation of apples of gold, that they are set in pictures of silver, and a certain degree of embellishment was considered appropriate for the sanctuary. Your friend has, however, judiciously avoided all studied or meretricious ornament, and suited her language to the weight and solemnity of the subject'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
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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:Female
Date of Birth:21 Feb 1755
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:Scotland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
correspondent of Charlotte Bury
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[volume of religious meditations]
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:18510
Source:Charlotte Bury
Editor:A. Francis Steuart
Title:Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1908
Vol:II
Page:265
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The, (London, 1908), II, p. 265, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18510, accessed: 01 November 2024
Additional Comments:
A letter of uncertain date to Charlotte Bury - perhaps 1820 or 1821
