Record Number: 19857

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He [Matthew Pilkington] was one Winter's Evening reading [italics] Horace [end italics], and said he would engage to write an Ode exactly in his Manner; so he directly set about it'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

From: 1 Jan 1734

Country:

Ireland

Time

evening

Place:

city: Dublin

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:

Matthew Pilkington

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1701

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

clergyman

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Horace

Title:

Odes

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19857

Source:

Print

Author:

Laetitia Pilkington

Editor:

A.C. Elias

Title:

Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington

Place of Publication:

Athens GA

Date of Publication:

1997

Vol:

I

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19857, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None