Record Number: 19643

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read the papers, Reviews &c &c and cannot help perceiving strong prejudices on both Sides of the Reform Question. Blackwoods last Number, Numbers I should say for there are 2 for the present Month & one filled with Reviews & Remarks on this Bill. With him it is Ruin: with his Opponents it is Renovation.'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Until: 10 Aug 1831

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Trowbridge

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:

George Crabbe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Dec 1754

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman and poet

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:

[n/a]

Title:

[newspapers at time of Reform debate]

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19643

Source:

Print

Author:

George Crabbe

Editor:

Thomas Faulkner

Title:

Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

375-6

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

George Crabbe, Thomas Faulkner (ed.), Selected Letters and Journals of George Crabbe, (Oxford, 1985), p. 375-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19643, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Assistant editor, Rhonda Blair. Letter from George Crabbe to George Crabbe, Jun.